F1 Follies: Part Deux

Eight F1 teams have broken ranks with the organizing body (the FIA) and have announced that they will run a competing series next year.

At which tracks? ; -)

That was the problem CART had when the IRL split from it. The IRL was more than a mere breakaway - it also took with it THE race, the Indy 500.

The new F1 (it will have to be called something else) will have an assortment of tracks (heck, maybe even one or two races in the US) and name drivers at their disposal. They won't have one key race probably - the Grand Prix of Monaco, and they won't have the legitimacy of a recognized sanctioning body.

Regardless, they will have the manufacturers support, the key technical people, and the 'name' drivers. The 'legitimate' F1 will have to make do with scratch entries and pick-up teams (those who currently have little or no chance of fielding a competitive entry).

So let's welcome the 'World of Outlaws' version of F1. (The cars probably won't look like this though. ; -)