- 08 Feb 15, 00:04#432713![Image](http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18uctov0nl19cgif/k-small.gif)
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We should go back to the good old days when only 1 team had a secret veto on the rules and an extra payout off the top, and 1 man had control of the FIA and FOM.
Since FOTA was killed by a couple of teams and the Concorde agreement was replaced by individual bi-lateral agreements things got even less fair.
However when 1 team let the cat out of the bag and revealed the secret deals, things got worse leading to where we are now, with the 1 team with a say becoming the top 5 and control of the rules handed over from the FIA to the 'strategy group' of these 'top teams'
The overall outcome is Merc (or whichever entity has the most dependents) allowed to shape the future and the others finding it more profitable to ditch their dependants who can no longer pay to buy engines in favour of the lifeline of a new dependant more willing to pay for their engine
The biggest clue ofcourse is that Bernie or CVC could easily have bankrolled Marrussia if they were also happy to allow th teams biggest creditor - the engine supplier to pocket some of the CVC/Bernie cash injection.
If Marussias biggest creditor had agreed to the solution put forward by Merc, - to support their own dependant in exchange for unfreeze concessions, their would be an extra plucky backmarker team on the grid now,
Alas, the offer was rejected and a veto was applied to lift the unfreeze
Since FOTA was killed by a couple of teams and the Concorde agreement was replaced by individual bi-lateral agreements things got even less fair.
However when 1 team let the cat out of the bag and revealed the secret deals, things got worse leading to where we are now, with the 1 team with a say becoming the top 5 and control of the rules handed over from the FIA to the 'strategy group' of these 'top teams'
The overall outcome is Merc (or whichever entity has the most dependents) allowed to shape the future and the others finding it more profitable to ditch their dependants who can no longer pay to buy engines in favour of the lifeline of a new dependant more willing to pay for their engine
The biggest clue ofcourse is that Bernie or CVC could easily have bankrolled Marrussia if they were also happy to allow th teams biggest creditor - the engine supplier to pocket some of the CVC/Bernie cash injection.
If Marussias biggest creditor had agreed to the solution put forward by Merc, - to support their own dependant in exchange for unfreeze concessions, their would be an extra plucky backmarker team on the grid now,
Alas, the offer was rejected and a veto was applied to lift the unfreeze
![Image](http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18uctov0nl19cgif/k-small.gif)
2014 Monster 26x Bookie Mugger
2015, 2016 WDC: LH44