Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Add End: Official Announcement FOTA pulling out of F1

[itsmemrwright (itsmemrwright]

The same fate doomed CART. -----Original Message----- From: Michael
James <cavallino_rapante [at] yahoo.com> To: LarryT <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: ItsmeMrWright [at] aol.com; ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com; Rexnbutchie [at] 
aol.com
Sent: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:43:32 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Add
End: Official Announcement FOTA pulling out of F1 I have mixed feelings
on this....it all depends on the 'new' organization, how the money is
distribuited, and whether the 'lower-rung' teams can now share in the
wealth and afford car development expenses. If the smaller teams get
larger fund returns, and stay competitive, than a new series will
take-off. If they have to drop-out like Jaguar and Honda did, then it
will fail unless they institute a spec-series until things get stable.
F1 provided a LOT of services to the teams - I'm wondering who will
fill that role now. Somebody has to negotiate with the tracks, the TV
stations, do all the Logistics of moving the 'stuff' from track to
track every weekend, etc. None of that was done by the teams alone.
That infrastructure still needs to be assembled before anyone goes
racing again. PLUS, you have signed contracts that 'may' be broken -
Lawyers will be getting involved, lawsuits, court appearances, etc.
This won't get settled in a week or two. If this goes as-planned (what
does?) there won't be ANY racing in 2010 until the dust settles and a
new 'series' gets put-together that supports management, logistics,
me
dia, finances, etc. If I were a betting man, I'd say Bernie FIRES Max
shortly and makes-nice with the teams (hopefully by kicking some more
revenues their way). FOTA renegs, when Max is gone, and everyone
hugs-it-out. I wouldn't start booking plane tickets to Indy or Montreal
just yet - those avenues don't have the Raw Mountains of CASH that the
Chinese or the Arabs have. And in this Global Economy, they never will.
--- On Fri, 6/19/09, LarryT &lt;l02turner [at] comcast.net&gt; wrote: From:
LarryT &lt;l02turner [at] comcast.net&gt; Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Add End:
Official Announcement FOTA pulling out of F1 To: "Michael"
&lt;Cavallino_Rapante [at] yahoo.com&gt; Cc: ItsmeMrWright [at] aol.com,
ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com, Rexnbutchie [at] aol.com Date: Friday, June 19,
2009, 10:08 AM Hey Bubba,     You wrote &lt;&lt;tens of millions of
Euros in the pockets.... &gt;&gt;     IIRC, in Bernie's case it was
*Billions* of USDs/Euro's or whatever.  I recall him being one of the
10 wealthiest in UK - or maybe the world..     Also, on a lighter note,
my favorite commentator  Sam Posey read a prepared announcement this
morning during qualifying and spoke at lenght about the wealth of
history at The British GP.  His voice is showing his age - but that is
probably true of most of us.  Anyway, it was nice hearing his unusual
style when talking about a track.     I'm hoping things will get better
but I'm not holding my breath.
    Couldn't agree more with your
comments about the new tracks that leave me cold inside when watching. 
They just seem to be missing something the old have in spades.  Even if
the old ones  get chicanes and such they still have that cachet of 
soul and tradition the new ones have little chance of attaining.    
For those watching Speeds coverage of qualifying for the Brit GP can
hear a lot of comments about the recent decision to break away from the
Bernie/Mosley regime. LarryT "When Ted Kennedy goes to Cuba for health
care I might consider socialized medicene." ----- Original Message
----- From: &lt;red5hilser [at] aol.com&gt; To: "Larry Turner"
&lt;l02turner [at] comcast.net&gt; Cc: &lt;ItsmeMrWright [at] aol.com&gt;;
&lt;ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com&gt;; &lt;Rexnbutchie [at] aol.com&gt; Sent:
Friday, June 19, 2009 7:26 AM Subject: [Ferrari] Add End: Official
Announcement FOTA pulling out of F1 &gt; Hey Erick: The REAL Formula 1
died a long time ago. Max,?mit ?his 'der &gt; Fuhrer' complex, with the
help of Bernie, killed it with their 'Do it?my &gt; way, or the
highway' attitudes. &gt; &gt; Dropping the tradtitional tracks that
made the sport what it is today in &gt; favor of jungles and sand piles
that nobody really cares about really &gt; turned many fans off.
Including me. And that's just the tip of the &gt; iceberg. &gt; &gt;
But it put tens of millions of Euros in the pockets of the very people
who &gt; were20killing the sport. &gt; &gt; The day the new series
starts is the day that I will stop watching, &gt; attending and
supporting what is now called?F1. &gt; &gt; Let the games begin!? Yer
pal, Ferrari Bubba &gt; &gt; &gt; -----Original Message----- &gt; From:
Erik &gt; Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Official Announcement FOTA pulling out
of F1 &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; Mark today's date, F1 just died.  Death
certificate to be issued after &gt; the last race. &gt; &gt; On Thu,
Jun 18, 2009 at 9:35 PM, Jim wrote: &gt;&gt;&gt;Hot off UPI - 8 FOTA
teams officially pulling out of F1 - starting new &gt;&gt;&gt;series
... &gt;&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;&gt;http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2009/06/18/Eight-teams-plan-to
-leave-Formula-One/UPI-68161245374886/ &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; ? Do we say
"about time"? &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;
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