11mo ago

The FIA has agreed to arbitration with Hitech GP over rejecting their F1 entry and will likely have to pay a large amount in compensation (from Joe Saward's "the green notebook").

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.

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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.

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