Formula One Teams Association
Abbreviation | FOTA |
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Formation | 2008 |
Dissolved | 2014 |
Headquarters | Geneva, Switzerland |
Region served | International |
Formula One |
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The Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) was a group of
A proposed budget cap for the
Budget cap row
In May 2009, the FOTA teams announced their intention not to sign up for the 2010 championship until the FIA agreed to change the proposed regulations. FOTA disagreed with several of the proposals, the most contentious being the introduction of a £40m budget cap. With the 29 May deadline approaching the Williams and Force India teams broke ranks, lodged their applications for 2010 and were promptly suspended from FOTA.
On 8 July 2009 the eight FOTA teams walked out of a meeting with the FIA to discuss 2010 rules at the Nürburgring.[7] They accused the FIA of putting the sport in jeopardy.[8] A FOTA press release claimed that Charlie Whiting informed them that all eight FOTA teams were not entered in the 2010 championship, even though the FOTA members were included on the "accepted" entry list as endorsed by the FIA World Motor Sport Council and communicated by a FIA press statement on June 24. FOTA tried to postpone the July 8 meeting, this was rejected on the grounds that no new Concorde Agreement would be permitted before a unanimous approval of the 2010 regulations was achieved.[9]
However, it was clear to the FOTA teams that the basis of the 2010 technical and sporting regulations was already established in Paris. As endorsed by the WMSC and clearly stated in the FIA press statement of 24 June "the rules for 2010 onwards will be the 2009 regulations as well as further regulations agreed prior to 29 April 2009". At no point in the Paris discussions was any requirement for unanimous agreement on regulations change expressed.[9]
As a result of these statements, the FOTA representatives at the subsequent Technical Working Group were not able to exercise their rights and therefore had no option other than to terminate their participation.[9]
Nevertheless, the involved parties were able to sign a new
On 9 September 2009 FOTA held a meeting in Monza and re-admitted both Williams and Force India into full membership.
Disbanding
In February 2014 it was announced that FOTA had been disbanded. The organisation's Secretary General Oliver Weingarten cited a lack of funds and "a lack of consensus among all the teams on a revised, non-contentious mandate" as being the reasons for the dissolving of the organisation.[17]
Member teams
Team | Membership |
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Brawn GP/Mercedes | 2009–2014 |
Sauber |
2008–2011 |
Team Lotus/Caterham F1 |
2010–2014 |
Force India | 2008–2014 |
Ferrari | 2008–2011 |
HRT F1 |
2010 |
Virgin Racing/Marussia F1 | 2010–2014 |
McLaren | 2008–2014 |
Red Bull Racing | 2008–2011 |
Renault/Lotus F1 | 2008–2014 |
Toro Rosso | 2008–2011 |
Williams | 2008–2014 |
References
- ^ "Formation of FOTA". Grandprix.com. Inside F1. 29 July 2008. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
- ^ "Montezemolo heads FOTA". grandprix.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
- ^ Strang, Simon (2009-05-27). "Williams team suspended by FOTA". Autosport. Archived from the original on 2009-05-29. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- ^ "F1 stars back teams in budget row". BBC Sport. 2009-06-07. Archived from the original on 2009-06-10. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
- ^ Noble, Jonathan (2009-06-18). "FOTA teams to launch breakaway series". Autosport. Archived from the original on 2009-06-21. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
- ^ "F1 deal ends threat of breakaway". BBC Sport. 2009-06-24. Archived from the original on 2020-11-24. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
- ^ Noble, Jonathan (2009-07-08). "FOTA teams walk out of FIA meeting". Autosport. Archived from the original on 2012-09-18. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
- ^ Noble, Jonathan (2009-07-08). "FOTA says FIA putting F1 in jeopardy". Autosport. Archived from the original on 2012-09-18. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
- ^ a b c "Press Release | Formula One Teams Association". Archived from the original on 2009-07-11. Retrieved 2009-07-08. Press Release | Formula One Teams Association
- Haymarket Publications. Archivedfrom the original on 2017-06-21. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ^ http://www.teamsassociation.org/press-release/2009-09-09/press-release-monza Archived 2009-09-12 at the Wayback Machine Press Release | Formula One Teams Association
- Haymarket Publications. Archivedfrom the original on 2010-12-20. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
- ^ "Hispania no longer a member of FOTA". thef1times.com. The F1 Times. 2011-01-08. Archived from the original on 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
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- ^ "Ferrari and Red Bull leave Fota". BBC. 2 December 2011. Archived from the original on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
- ^ "Motor racing-Sauber to follow Ferrari out of FOTA". Reuters. 2011-12-08. Archived from the original on 2021-09-05. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
- bbc.co.uk. Archivedfrom the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.