'F1 is completely unsustainable'

Exactly.

 

Nope!.... And therein lies one of the problems - They're (rightly!) selfish and only interested in their own business.

Trouble is, their businesses could go down if there's no series in which to run. I know I don't want to see the "big four" running 4 cars each for example.

CVC should give more back, and the distribution model should be "flattened" some; Sure, success should be rewarded - handsomely at this level, but not giving $ one to the tailenders just seems wrong to me.

Cheers,
Ian

 

Again exactly, I do not disagree.

 

The problem is the FIA period. Their stewardship is laughable. The way they've handled their fiduciary responsibility borders on the criminal.

 

Agreed.

I suspect the "sweetheart", 100 year deal, Mad Max gave Bernie back in the day will become a study lesson for how to get things wrong for sanctioning bodies at the least.

I understand, indeed admire, Bernie for what he's done in terms of revenue generation - The money's there, it's just not being administered "fairly", which is where the FIA should be involved.

Cheers,
Ian

 

I doubt Bernie is in the habit of handing over money to teams he thinks are making empty threats. He obviously feared the very teams getting paid the most now, were going to pull out completely if they didn't get the very deals the smaller teams have complained about.

Interesting to think about where the sport would be today if those teams made good on their threat and Bernie stood his ground.

 

I'm going to be serious here.. if any of you have raced anywhere, you know it's not cheap to go racing.

HOWEVER there is no way in the world F1 should NOT be sustainable with the amount of TV and sponsorship money it brings in. There's plenty, PLENTY of money there. PLENTY!!!!

Find out where all the money is going that doesn't need to go there and you'll make this work again.

And, I suggest, if they want more TV viewers, the include Fighting matches between Teams like Nascar. That will bring in the viewers!

 

I picture J.T. Sitting in his grand office in Paris rearranging the pencils on his desk.

Jean and Max scared the sport so much that they're afraid of giving the head of the FIA any real authority.
That may be Max's most insidious legacy.

 

Indeed I do.
Any sport needs a strong, independent administrator that can look beyond the interests of individual constituencies and act in a comprehensive fashion for the good of the sport.
Sounds like a job for the FIA but they've sold their cojones and left the inmates to run the asylum.

While F1 is a business it requires a healthy sport to sustain itself. If and when they stop selling the seed corn, killing the Golden Goose and milking the Magic Cow dry they can get their product back in shape.

 

I bet nobody actually knows where all of the money goes.

 

Do you really think the fans care whether the teams are spending 50 million or 300 Million ?
What they want is a competitive show.

You're right; no-one DESERVES success from the front of the grid to the back. However if you want to see independants in F1 it has to make financial sense or the era of the independent is over. Period.

Bingo. In fact there is boatloads of cash.

Dont blame the backmarkers for Bernies and CVC's greed and expensive rules.

 

I bet you are wrong.
Someone knows where every penny goes.

 

FOTA would save F1 and keep the main manufacturers such as Toyota and BMW involved. Hell they could even turn a profit if they got their act together. The NFL ( contrary to their tax status ) is NOT a non-profit organization. Every sporting authority in the world should look to the NFL as an example.

Bernie used the divide and conquer strategy on these fools with our pals Ferrari (and Williams) as the wedge.

 

If the FIA did its job none of that could happen.

F1 is addicted to money. Addicts make poor choices.

 

The money goes to CVC.
F1 does not need CVC. They just dont know it. No one goes to a race to see how CVC's investments play out.

Fans want competition. In NASCAR they say often going into the last corner no-one knows who will win. Just IMAGINE if F1 were like that !

 

CVC owns most of F1.

 

FIA is a ruling body bought and paid for.
Bernie's puppet.

 

If only it were a ruling body.
Its a lap dog with a rubber stamp.

 

Yes..and contributes what ?

 

It takes. As is its right as owner.

A shortsighted owner who is bleeding the business dry. It would serve them best in the long run if they didn't. But it's not their legal obligation to.