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How?

by lukasb 4y ago

How?

JshWright 4y ago
By signing a contract with the FIA, the international organizing body for motor racing.
- rascul 4y ago
  Formula E hasn't existed for decades. I would be interested in knowing more about this contract which prevents organizations unaffiliated with FIA (there aren't many, though) from having single seat electric racing.
  - JshWright 4y ago
    I didn't say they have held it for decades, I'm saying they own the exclusive rights for the next couple decades (I think it was a 25 year exclusivity period, which they are now ~7 years into). There's nothing stopping an unaffiliated race series from starting up, but good luck attracting any top tier drivers.
    - rascul 4y ago
      > I didn't say they have held it for decades, I'm saying they own the exclusive rights for the next couple decades (I think it was a 25 year exclusivity period, which they are now ~7 years into). I appear to have misunderstood. Sorry about that. > There's nothing stopping an unaffiliated race series from starting up, but good luck attracting any top tier drivers. I pretty much agree with that.
  - pmontra 4y ago
    Organizations unaffiliated with FIA can do whatever they want. There are not many of them though. Even American motorsport is affiliated with FIA [1] even if I think that the link has been very weak for most of its history. One problem surfaced as many times as Formula 1 teams threatened to break away from FIA and do their own league is that FIA could ban all FIA seriest to race on circuits that organize races for the break away series. That's bad for circuits because they lose many weekends of income so nobody wants non FIA series. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_Competition_Committee_for_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_Competition_Committ...
- swores 4y ago
  To what extent does the FIA have a monopoly? If I were to launch a single seater electric car tournament tomorrow and provide cars for a bunch of racers, surely I have myself an event? Is being FIA-backed just nice to have, or a prerequisite, or?
  - JshWright 4y ago
    It is the internationally recognized body responsible for motor racing, so you would have a very very hard time convincing anyone to take you seriously. There's obviously nothing stopping you from setting up your own series, but there's a _lot_ that would go into it, and the FIA handles a lot of that stuff for other series.

How?

by lukasb 4y ago

How?

JshWright 4y ago

By signing a contract with the FIA, the international organizing body for motor racing.

rascul 4y ago
Formula E hasn't existed for decades. I would be interested in knowing more about this contract which prevents organizations unaffiliated with FIA (there aren't many, though) from having single seat electric racing.
- JshWright 4y ago
  I didn't say they have held it for decades, I'm saying they own the exclusive rights for the next couple decades (I think it was a 25 year exclusivity period, which they are now ~7 years into). There's nothing stopping an unaffiliated race series from starting up, but good luck attracting any top tier drivers.
  - rascul 4y ago
    > I didn't say they have held it for decades, I'm saying they own the exclusive rights for the next couple decades (I think it was a 25 year exclusivity period, which they are now ~7 years into). I appear to have misunderstood. Sorry about that. > There's nothing stopping an unaffiliated race series from starting up, but good luck attracting any top tier drivers. I pretty much agree with that.
- pmontra 4y ago
  Organizations unaffiliated with FIA can do whatever they want. There are not many of them though. Even American motorsport is affiliated with FIA [1] even if I think that the link has been very weak for most of its history. One problem surfaced as many times as Formula 1 teams threatened to break away from FIA and do their own league is that FIA could ban all FIA seriest to race on circuits that organize races for the break away series. That's bad for circuits because they lose many weekends of income so nobody wants non FIA series. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_Competition_Committee_for_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_Competition_Committ...
swores 4y ago
To what extent does the FIA have a monopoly? If I were to launch a single seater electric car tournament tomorrow and provide cars for a bunch of racers, surely I have myself an event? Is being FIA-backed just nice to have, or a prerequisite, or?
- JshWright 4y ago
  It is the internationally recognized body responsible for motor racing, so you would have a very very hard time convincing anyone to take you seriously. There's obviously nothing stopping you from setting up your own series, but there's a _lot_ that would go into it, and the FIA handles a lot of that stuff for other series.