The Slow Breakup of F1 Continues
LONDON (AP) - Formula One’s five leading manufacturers plan to form their own organization and throw out the world governing body’s international court of appeal.
They are unhappy the appeals panel is linked to the ruling body and want to use another organization, such as the Switzerland-based Court of Arbitration for Sport, which deals with cases from many sports.
The announcement Monday came after the governing body’s appeals court banned BAR-Honda for two races, including the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday, after Jenson Button’s car failed to meet minimum weight limits at the preceding San Marino GP.
The ruling body appealed a decision by the race stewards to its own appeals panel. The manufacturers
BAR Honda no doubt earned their penalty, but not the proposed death penalty suggested by Max, or even the three race suspension. Mad Man Max is now threatening to throw out the rebel engine makers if they continue to challenge him.
No way are the five engine makers now known as the EMA going to take this laying down. They will leave at the earliest opportunity, or wind up working with the banks to toss Max and his buddy Bernie onto the ash heap of history, where they belong.