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Three New Teams May Miss The Formula One Season Opener Race

K keshy
Posted onFeb 9, 2010 at 8:18 PM

F1’s struggling new teams could miss the season opener next month and escape penalty.

Previously, failing to contest a round of the world championship for a reason other than ‘force majeure’ resulted in a total loss of rights and exclusion from the sport.

But under the new version of the Concorde Agreement, teams may now miss three races before their official entry is handed back to the FIA, according to a report in the British newspaper Sunday Express.

“I think we won’t see Campos and I don’t think we will see the Americans (USF1),” F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone is quoted as saying.

The 79-year-old Briton has made it clear he would prefer an entry to pass into the hands of the Serbian hopeful Stefan GP.

“They have got the money from the Serbian government, I’ve spoken to the prime minister,” Ecclestone said.

But sporting director Peter Windsor denied USF1 are in trouble, and the Melbourne newspaper The Age said a teammate for Jose Maria Lopez is expected to be announced this week.

“Things are going well,” he said. “We’ve had a few glitches as you would expect. Nothing’s ever smooth in formula one and it’s a very, very late start to the whole programme.”

Source: GMM

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    race fan
  • Feb 9, 2010
Headline states "THREE New Teams May Miss The Formula One Season Opener Race"

There are currently 4 new teams. Campos and USF1 are said to be in trouble.. so who is the third?? Lotus F1? Virgin is already set to join the Jerez test tomorrow and is the only one among the new teams to be present
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    cRazYee
  • Feb 10, 2010
Lotus gonna announces their cars this friday

so is it only 2?
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    losty
  • Feb 10, 2010
if im not mistaken.. he did mention Stefan GP? is that a new team?
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    race fan
  • Feb 10, 2010
Stefan GP is not an offical entry. It's a team that applied for entry but was not successful. However given that teams like USF1 and Campos are rumoured to not be able to make Bahrain and probably beyond, Stefan GP is on standby to take over the slot by the no-shows. They've already sent their equipment to Bahrain and are hoping in the end they are granted entry. They're taking a gamble.

Stefan GP seems to have sufficient funding and they've got the Toyota's 2010 cars so they're actually ready to race. They're said to be testing this week on their own. Makes you wonder how some of the newcomers even got their entry
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“They have got the money from the Serbian government, I’ve spoken to the prime minister,” Ecclestone said.

-- Another Satu Serbian Team? (reflect to Satu Malaysia)..so,its not weird if government help top boost their own motorsport industry right? why so harsh on our own soil/people laa..
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