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[Karun Chandhok] The new Concorde Agreement will come into effect in 2026 which will likely limit the F1 grid to just 10 teams (twitter.com)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by bwoah to c/formula1

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as opposed to the 12 slots officially available as per the current agreement…

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[+] [email protected] 37 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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[–] hal_5700X 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Tin foil hat time, crazy timing with the Hamilton rumor.

It's just not Andretti. It's everyone who wants to get into the grid.

[–] BURN 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You’re not wrong. Of course they don’t want any new entries. It doesn’t matter if it’s Andretti, Toyota, Porsche or anyone else. The pie doesn’t get bigger, it gets distributed to everyone equally, which means they’re getting less money for every new team added.

None of these teams are going to vote against their own interests. There’s no incentive to allowing new teams (to them), everything about it is a negative for the teams already in place.

[–] acosmichippo 2 points 8 months ago

also important to remember they’ve maxed out the number of GPs in a season, so the low hanging fruit to increase revenue is gone. that’s why we’re now seeing crap like this and sprints. they are desperate to keep the money they have and squeeze out every last cent.

soon classic tracks like spa will be gone in favor of more profitable ones. they’ll find ways to cram more and more sponsorships in the broadcasts. targeted ads on streaming platforms. who knows, maybe even full blown ad breaks during races.

[–] FrostyTrichs 24 points 8 months ago (3 children)

F1/FiA dying to get in on enshittification.

[–] SatouKazuma 8 points 8 months ago

And to get nuked from orbit by EU competition law. But the FIA aren't the enemy here. They said that Andretti met all of the technical requirements to join the grid.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah FOM just increased the F1TV subscription price by 50% in my country. Enshittification has already started. They really think they can charge the same price as other sports that have multiple matches per week.

[–] FrostyTrichs 1 points 8 months ago

Maybe try a VPN from a cheaper country? I've never tried it so I can't confirm it will work.

For what it's worth there is some value to F1TV beyond the race weekends. The archives are (imo) nice to watch during the off season weeks and during summer break. I'd also much rather watch their tech pieces and whatnot through the official stream and not secondhand on YouTube or something where Google gets a piece of the revenue.

Do whatever fits your life and budget. There's always the high sea.

[–] alphacyberranger 2 points 8 months ago

They didn't want FOMO

[–] GeneralEmergency 14 points 8 months ago

This has really killed my interest in F1. Why watch when everything is set in stone.

[–] nennius 4 points 8 months ago

And to think I still think that the ideal is 30 or 31 cars competing for 26 grid slots

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I get increasing the anti dilution fund. The teams which stood by F1 during the rough times deserve that. What I don't understand is limiting to 10 teams. Sporting factors should supercede monetary factors. I see a court case being filed and big mess if this is agreed upon

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Idiots

[–] mhague 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Gentrified sport.

I wonder if anyone in charge even cares about competitive racing, or if it's just empty PR designed to increase value.

Even the figure heads shill for FOM / FIA / Liberty instead of providing real insight and criticism. It's just getting to be too much.

[–] acosmichippo 1 points 8 months ago

if i hear brundle say “at least that sprint was better than FP3” one more time…