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‘F1 open to breakaway series'
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 14 - 05 - 2011

LONDON: Formula One teams could consider setting up their own series from 2013 when the sport's current ‘Concorde Agreement' expires, Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo said Friday.
Speaking to CNN television, the Italian said the teams had three options.
“We renew with (commercial rights holders) CVC, or we theoretically — as the basketball teams did in the US with great success — we create our own company, like the NBA. Just to run the races, the TV rights and so (on),” he said.
“And third, to find a different partner.
“(Formula One supremo) Bernie Ecclestone did a very good job but he has already sold out three times, so he doesn't own the business any more. It is CVC that will sell. It will be the teams' decisions. At the end of 2012, the contract will expire, so theoretically CVC doesn't own anything. I think it is important to have alternatives. We will see. We have time to do it,” added the Ferrari head.
Montzemolo's comments come amid increasing speculation about the future direction of Formula One, with the Italian also critical of a new and ‘greener' 1.6 liter four cylinder turbocharged hybrid engine scheduled for 2013.
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and Italian financial holding Exor, which controls glamor team Ferrari through FIAT, have teamed up to explore the possibility of creating a consortium to take over the sport.
They have also been talking to potential minority partners, likely to include the major shareholders and Middle Eastern investment funds who already own stakes in big teams like McLaren and Mercedes.
Some in the paddock have speculated that, with the involvement of News Corp, the teams could go off and do their own thing.
Others see the rumblings as part of a familiar pattern that precedes negotiations between the commercial rights holder, teams and governing International Automobile Federation (FIA).
Formula One teams last threatened a rival series in 2009, before the departure of manufacturers Toyota and BMW — following Honda out — weakened their position.
Montezemolo, who has regularly called for the sport to be more sustainable and stable with the teams getting a greater share of revenues, revived talk of a breakaway last December.


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