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What is this dispute really all about? Is it about an attempt by some teams to take over the commercial rights to Formula One? Or to take the regulatory function away from the FIA? Or even just a clash of personalities? It has elements of all of these, but the real issue is philosophical; it goes to the fundamentals of Formula One.

It is about technical freedom. It is recognition by the FIA and several teams that you can have technical freedom – the freedom to innovate – or you can have freedom to spend without limit. But you cannot sustain both…  Details

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