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.

  • Coelacanth
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    52 months ago

    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?

    • @[email protected]
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      52 months ago

      I think that the FIA approved Andretti (it’s F1/liberty blocking them), so probably not

      • Coelacanth
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        32 months ago

        You’re completely correct, my coffee hadn’t kicked in yet and I didn’t read the headline properly, thought it referred to FOM.

    • @f1ip
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      32 months ago

      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.