Hitech seems to be arguing that the FIA has no authority to accept/reject entries based on commercial factors, but rather only based on safety and regulation factors.
MbS really tried to play with the big boys in F1 and got 100% wrecked. Nothing went the way he wanted and now he has even less power over the series.
Good job, president!
Hitech seems to be arguing that the FIA has no authority to accept/reject entries based on commercial factors, but rather only based on safety and regulation factors.
Wouldn’t this also set a huge precedent for Andretti?
I think that the FIA approved Andretti (it’s F1/liberty blocking them), so probably not
You’re completely correct, my coffee hadn’t kicked in yet and I didn’t read the headline properly, thought it referred to FOM.
They might certainly try to use the same principle against FOM, but I think FOM’s analysis is only on the commercial side, so it could be less useful. I have always thought that their best course of action would be using anti-competition arguments, especially because the EU is very strict about it. But maybe they also know that barging in using their lawyers would have long-lasting consequences in a sport where having friends is pretty important.
FOM/Liberty is not an EU company, but they are being investigated over non-compete/monopoly by the American DOJ I believe.
FOM is located in the UK, so neither EU nor US. Liberty who owns FOM is a US company afaik.
Liberty being US based seems to be sufficient for the Justice Department to at least take the case. [1](https://apnews.com/article/liberty-media-andretti-formula-one-gm-7d5877e5918ce1698655f57dfd9cc375)
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Yeah, but they do conduct a lot of business in Europe, so if Andretti could get them interested, the EU could certainly get involved. FOM would certainly fight it on jurisdiction, but I would like to see that one play out.
