Formula One: two steps forward, three back

Children's theater, politics, barn, power stage, ego-circus. What exactly is going on in Formula One, the series helps not at all.

Most will have already noticed that the new scoring system, in which he is world champion, the most wins, and has not as yet reaped the most points in a season, has been withdrawn. Debt was a procedural error, because the lawyers of the FOTA have rolled with the fingers pointed rulebooks. Can you be happy about it or angry, or at least makes this decision a look at the power struggle in the series.

And this power struggle is a complex mixture of different things. Of course there's the classic question of who has the final say in Formula One, teams, Ecclestone and the FIA. But it is also about money, personal feuds, social structures and, therefore, simply to be right. In principle, shares the Formula One in three camps, all of which have different ideas.

First The FIA
The supreme authority of the sports world is keen to be exactly that: the supreme sports authority, which decides what is the world motorsport happens and what does not. It succeeds on the whole quite good, but when it comes to the top series, there are problems. The WTCC, WRC and Formula One are the world's most popular motor sport series, but that is where there is also the biggest problems. In the WRC could be a complete revolution of the driver and the 2009 team just had to turn even the most, but to accept the withdrawal of Subaru and Skoda. Ensure the completely unnecessary rotational calendar, the twists in the rules neither the fans nor the teams of happy faces. In the WTCC would be launched within a hair without BMW, which annoys the lax braking of the seat and then there are the problems in Formula One. There, Mosley and Ecclestone have thrown the store since the early 90s, more or less single-handedly and all attempts by the team to get more influence, blocked. But Mosley has a problem, since he was involved last year in the SM-ugly affair. Many still consider him to be unacceptable, to the decisions of the stewards come in several races and the condemnation of McLaren 2007th

Second Bernie Ecclestone
Whose empire has been backed by the smooth cooperation between him and Mosley, but since last year has become more difficult. On the one had to Ecclestone, moving away, at least publicly, from his old buddy, on the other it is not the sole representative of the team against the FIA. In addition, the economic crisis also makes sure that he stands by his "employer" of the CVC, under pressure. That Canada is flown from the calendar, has angered the powerful teams and the GP has not failed, because he was unsuccessful, but because Ecclestone earn more money in order for the losses of the CVC can be collected.

Third The FOTA
The establishment of FOTA last year was important for the team, because they would a) Ecclestone could handle a little bit, and b) directly with the FIA ​​can negotiate. The teams want two things: more money and more influence on the series. So you want to protect just the two pots that Ecclestone and the FIA.

Behind the scenes, it would go so powerful to the point. Ecclestone already working on that, the FOTA to disperse. That he has asked Williams and BrawnGP money from the TV pot available early on, ensures that the votes are in on his side. At the same time Mosley runs in the background trying to weaken the manufacturers. More private teams rather than large corporations are in Formula One. He mentioned budget constraints, a unit of parts, etc.. The bill is clear: the more private teams that are dependent on sponsors in Formula One, the more influence the FIA ​​can take on the sport. It probably is not much fun to negotiate with manufacturers who have more money to one another quickly and pull the plug on the series can.

So while the FOTA and the FIA ​​Ecclestone tried with a whatever-formed unit of the teams threaten to working together with the fact Ecclestone, to achieve just the opposite. Logically, because the more discordant the teams themselves are (or should be, because they are on the list of Bernie debt), the more difficult it becomes to achieve unity in front of the FIA.

The FOTA has now tipped the new score is, on the one hand a power of evidence, on the other hand, the matter probably would have accepted. Because the system with 12 points for the winner, is now not so different. They went on the one hand a power of evidence, on the other hand, but also about the same in the decision of the FIA ​​announced budget cap. That would actually make Formula One more interesting for private teams, which would weaken the position of the manufacturers.

The question is whether the decision to dupe the FIA ​​World Council in addition to Sun Ecclestone has already announced that the new system in 2010 will come anyway, and the FOTA has come up with verwicklen on a sideshow. The reason it is probably both the FIA ​​and Ecclestone, no matter what is a world champion after scoring. If the FIA ​​and its decision to print the request of the FOTA will also retire in 2010, then do they do that, if they get the same from the FOTA agreeing to the proposed budget limits. Simply "quid pro quo" game - you get that, we sure what else.

All these things you will probably need to have in mind, if there is controversy again this year. And that is probably as safe as the Amen in the church. Ecclestone expects now so that there will be protests in Australia against some cars. The diffuser of Toyota, Renault air deflectors, exhaust cover of Ferrari, some of which are surprisingly large lateral Bardgeboards other teams not only struck me. A rogue who thinks that Eccelstone donate in the background a little mischief could to break with the aim of the unity of the teams in FOTA.

Victims are once again the fans that this year anyway to get used to a lot of new features. And open battle to the series anyway in these tough economic times.

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