Again making the headlines is the continuing rules row between the FIA and FOTA. With the final entry deadline fast approaching, we have to ask, is F1 doomed?
There is a possibility that it might be. Felipe Massa has renewed calls for a breakaway championship, while British fans still have a fear at the back of their minds of no British GP, and FOTA teams are still not happy with the rules.
The fact that this row is still continuing is really disturbing. FOTA is there to see that the rules are created in the right manner, so why are they still not happy? Most of the rules that were going to be brought in next year have been put back to 2011, with cost cutting measures gradually being introduced. So that's all fine and dandy, but what do FOTA want? It seems very likely at this stage that Formula 1 will be borught into disrepute and thusly the FOTA teams being banned from racing or whatever. Which will leave us with a Formula 1 that has never before been seen, with it being a F2 or GP2 style championship with teams competing on low budgets.
F1 is supposed to be the cream of the crop, and with that does come high prices; but in times like these, in the middle (or even possible 3/4 of the way through) a recession, all of the manufacturers are tightening their belts. And right they should. But can't they just agree on the rules so we (the fans) can have some good racing between the best drivers in the world and the best teams in the world. That's what Formula 1 is supposed to be about!
