nal Automobile Federation concerning the two-tier regulations and budget caps were not altered. Today Ferrari joined in and said that it too would withdraw from Formula One. “The Board of Directors also examined developments related to recent decisions taken by the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile during an extraordinary meeting of the World Motor Sport Council on 29 April 2009. Although this meeting was originally called only to examine a disciplinary matter, the decisions taken mean that, for the first time ever in Formula 1, the 2010 season will see the introduction of two different sets of regulations based on arbitrary technical rules and economic parameters. “The Board considers that if this is the regulatory framework for Formula 1 in the future, then the reasons underlying Ferrari’s uninterrupted participation in the World Championship over the last 60 years – the only constructor to have taken part ever since its inception in 1950 – would come to a close.” Of course, this is of little surprise, given that the previous controversy when Max Mosley, the president of the FIA, said that the series could live without Ferrari. But I will withhold judgment on all of this hot news until I see how it shapes up. This is clearly a negotiating ploy on the part of the teams. And that is not to say that they would not be good to their word. But clearly the FIA and the teams will have to meet to discuss this, or if the teams pulled out then Formula One would turn into GP1. And who would care about watching - or more importantly, sponsoring - that?For further details visit at formulaone.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/ferrari-joins-the-protest/
