Minardi-FIA feud threatens Australian GP
CNN is reporting that Minardi's dispute with the FIA is getting even more contentious.
After a court ruled that Minardi could run in the Australian GP in a 2004-spec car, the FIA announced that it would consider banning Australia from hosting Formula One events in the future.
Apparently the FIA also threatened to cancel its backing of the Australian GP as early as Saturday, one day short of the Grand Prix, if Minardi did not step down from its legal challenge.
Minardi decided to outfit its F1 cars to 2005 specifications in the face of the FIA's threat.
If the FIA went through with its threat, the Australian Grand Prix would have gone ahead, but as a non-championship race.
Minardi chief Paul Stoddart said the FIA did not follow legal guidelines to change the rules of specification, which forced his challenge in court.
Stoddart claimed the FIA's legal maneuvering was leading the Formula One championship to an eventual destruction.
After a court ruled that Minardi could run in the Australian GP in a 2004-spec car, the FIA announced that it would consider banning Australia from hosting Formula One events in the future.
Apparently the FIA also threatened to cancel its backing of the Australian GP as early as Saturday, one day short of the Grand Prix, if Minardi did not step down from its legal challenge.
Minardi decided to outfit its F1 cars to 2005 specifications in the face of the FIA's threat.
If the FIA went through with its threat, the Australian Grand Prix would have gone ahead, but as a non-championship race.
Minardi chief Paul Stoddart said the FIA did not follow legal guidelines to change the rules of specification, which forced his challenge in court.
Stoddart claimed the FIA's legal maneuvering was leading the Formula One championship to an eventual destruction.
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