Formula One Teams Association

This article is about the team association which existed from 2008 to 2014. For the 1970s and 1980s organisation, see Formula One Constructors' Association.
Formula One Teams Association
AbbreviationFOTA
Formation2008
Dissolved2014
HeadquartersGeneva, Switzerland
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The Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) was a group of Formula One teams that formed at a meeting in Maranello on 29 July 2008.[1] The organisation was formed to give the teams a united voice in negotiations with the FIA and the Formula One Group regarding the future of Formula One. Initially led by Ferrari Chairman Luca di Montezemolo, FOTA's original aim was to negotiate the terms of the new Concorde Agreement, the commercial contract which governs the championship.

A proposed budget cap for the 2010 season led to the FIA–FOTA dispute, which saw a number of Formula One teams rejecting the new regulations and threatening to establish a new racing series. The dispute was resolved with the signing of a revised Concorde Agreement. McLaren Team Principal Martin Whitmarsh, replaced Montezemolo in December 2009,[2] and the group was involved in discussions with the FIA for future Formula One regulations. Four teams pulled out of FOTA at the end of 2011, and the association lost its purpose as the teams came to individual agreements ahead of a new Concorde Agreement in 2013. FOTA was formally dissolved in 2014.

  1. ^ "Formation of FOTA". Grandprix.com. Inside F1. 29 July 2008. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
  2. ^ "Montezemolo heads FOTA". grandprix.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2008-07-31.