![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/f1-stance-on-new-teams-remains-crystal-clear-as-fia-left-worried-about-court-battle/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_F1-Grand-Prix-of-Hungary.jpg&description=Up to half-a-dozen submissions have been made to the FIA proposing a new team for the F1 grid, with president Mohammed ben Sulayem describing "three or four" of them as "very serious" Mohammed ben Sulayem admitted prospective new Formula 1 teams could take the FIA to court if their application to join the grid is rejected. Up to six teams have applied to join F1 through the governing body's expressions of interest process. Submissions from Andretti Autosport, Hitech Grand Prix, Formula Equal and LKY SUNZ are the ones which have been made public. The FIA has made it clear it is very much open to the idea of one or two new teams joining the grid. Current rules allow for up to 12 teams at any one time, with only 10 in the sport at present. The governing body has not yet made a decision over which of those submissions meets the requirements for a new team. But even if the FIA approves any of those proposals, there remains plenty of resistance within F1 itself. Most of the 10 teams are reluctant to accept a smaller slice of the pie to a new entrant hoping to cash in on the F1 boom. And there remains a significant difference of opinion regarding the dilution fee teams would be in line to receive should a new team make it to the grid. The existing F1 Concorde Agreement dictates a dilution fee of £156.5m. But that was agreed before the sport became more lucrative and so now a figure closer to £500m would be required just to get some of the existing teams listening. As for FIA approval, the process has gone on for longer than expected – though decisions are close. "We extended it because some of the teams requested some time, and you don't want to exclude them," FIA president Ben Sulayem told Motorsport-Total. "You have to be flexible. We are not yet over with it because we have to be very careful with making a decision. It's a big process, and I don't like to be rushed because the decision has to be very, very clear. "[We're] not far away. I think four to six weeks. We need){kind=link}
Up to half-a-dozen submissions have been made to the FIA proposing a new team for the F1 grid, with president Mohammed ben Sulayem describing “three or four” of them as “very serious”
Mohammed ben Sulayem admitted prospective new Formula 1 teams could take the FIA to court if their application to join the grid is rejected.
Up to six teams have applied to join F1 through the governing body’s expressions of interest process. Submissions from Andretti Autosport, Hitech Grand Prix, Formula Equal and LKY SUNZ are the ones which have been made public.
The FIA has made it clear it is very much open to the idea of one or two new teams joining the grid. Current rules allow for up to 12 teams at any one time, with only 10 in the sport at present.
The governing body has not yet made a decision over which of those submissions meets the requirements for a new team. But even if the FIA approves any of those proposals, there remains plenty of resistance within F1 itself.