U.S. Again Without F1 Race; Sport Faces Battle At The Top

U.S. Races Absent From '09 F1 Schedule

FUTURE OF THE SPORT: In London, Edward Gorman reports the FIA took the first step in FIA President Max Mosley's "masterplan to wrest control of [F1] and its revenues from [F1 Management Chair] Bernie Ecclestone yesterday by announcing that it is to conduct a full review of the way the sport is governed." Following a meeting of its World Motor Sport Council in Paris, the FIA said that it "will enter into 'a wide-ranging consultation with the [F1] teams to examine plans for improved efficiency, including new technical regulations for the championship.'" The FIA added that the review "will include a rethink of the 'governance of [F1].'" Gorman notes this "marks the first salvo in what some view as a battle between Mosley and Ecclestone over the future of the sport and the hundreds of millions of pounds it generates" (LONDON TIMES, 6/26).

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