Mosley: Not Enough Teams for Breakaway
FIA president Max Mosley believes that the threat of a breakaway championship has now all but disappeared thanks to the growing number of teams committing to Formula One
With Ferrari, Jordan and Red Bull Racing already having signed up to F1 - and up to three other teams believed to be on the verge of committing - Mosley believes there are no longer enough teams to make a rival series a success.
"It would involve a huge financial input - I can't see where that would come from," he said. "We have a significant number of teams already committed or on the verge of committing; I think it's unlikely that there will be a sufficient number of competitors to make it work.
"When you look at an event like the Olympics for example, there are many athletic meetings around the world involving a similar kind of activity but there is only one true Olympic Games. The same applies for Formula One. So in a nutshell, I don't think it will happen."
Formula One's manufacturer teams have threatened the breakaway because they are unhappy about several aspects of the way the sport is currently run.
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