Grand Prix de Formule 1 de Montréal

[jesseps]

F1 dead. Let it die already. Bring on Le Mans

[ericairlines]

Renault menace ce mercredi aussi de se retirer....

[Ornello Mastrocola]

F1 will gettheir act together. You wait and see. They do not have any choice to the matter.

[WestAust]

The question you have to ask yourself is what exactly is F1?

 

There’s the sporting side regulated by the FIA, the business side that is managed by Bernie Ecclestone (FOM) and the teams (FOTA)

 

You could have a series that is not called F1 (names belong to FOM or FIA I don’t recall exactly), not regulated under the FIA rules, and still have Ferrari, McLaren, Renault with their current drivers and having races in France, Britain, Germany, North America, with a similar format to what F1 is right now. Would that be F1? Technically speaking, no it wouldn’t be, however, in the end, it would be the exact same thing we have right now, except that there is no more Bernie controlling the business side, and no more FIA controlling the sporting side, all the power could be in the hands of the teams.

 

Just like that breakaway series threat that was looming a couple of years ago, when BMW, Renault, Mercedes and Toyota wanted to start their own series, the same thing could happen at the end of this season. The teams regroup together (which they are already doing under the FOTA umbrella) get races all over the world (for next year, you could easily get race at Silverstone, Magny Cours, Montréal, Jerez (Spain), Portugal, Germany, Indianapolis, Suzuka (Japan)… all places that have facilities, that have fans, no F1 race contract for next year…

 

Will they get their act together in the current context, maybe yes, maybe no, but it’s certainly not the end of F1 as a sport.

[Habsfan]

Je me demande pourquoi la F1 n'a jamais coursé ou même tenté de courser à Laguna Seca. C'est un circuit formidable et il est aux USA. Le fait qu'il soit en Californie serait une bonne chose pour le GP de Montréal, car il ne nuirait pas aux GP du Canada(en volant des amateurs du Nord est américain!

[WestAust]

de Wikipedia:

 

In 1989, the year following the last Formula One race in Detroit, choices for a new location for the United States Grand Prix came down to Laguna Seca and Phoenix. The aforementioned 1988 improvements to the track were in part made to lure the race. In the final decision, Laguna Seca was thought to be too small for an F1 crowd and too remote and Phoenix was granted the Grand Prix. It proved to be highly unsuccessful and only lasted three years.

[ericairlines]

c'est pas le Virgin festival qui remplacer le GP...en terme de retombées touristiques

[monctezuma]

Dans une rencontre hier, le grans patron de la FIA, je crois, celui que l'on nomme Monsieur Cuir, a déclaré qu'il n'avait pas peur des menaces de Ferrarri, car ''...la F1 peut se passer de Ferrarri"

 

Ils creusent littéralement leur propre tombe.

[LindbergMTL]

Est-ce que tu parle de Mosley ?

[monctezuma]

Est-ce que tu parle de Mosley ?

 

Oui, c'est ça ! Mosley.