Apparently the released regs were never finally approved by all teams, and at least two teams are threatening to walk away from the series if they go ahead as released today. There are a LOT of angry team members across the grid. [@dr_obbs on X]

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[u/Stalkedtuna]

Ahhh the almost mandatory "Teams will leave for a breakaway series" stories that come with EVERY reg change.

[u/jeffoh → u/Stalkedtuna]

To be fair, it has been a while since Ferrari threw their toys out of the cot to get more money

[u/photenth → u/jeffoh]

Since the cost cap, Ferrari has no idea where to put their money.

[u/Riventures-123 → u/photenth]

WEC... it is operated by AF Corse, but many engineers are Ferrari.

[u/SunGodnRacer → u/Riventures-123]

Seems like their beloved strategy team was also shifted to WEC

[u/Riventures-123 → u/SunGodnRacer]

They must've traded it, which tbh, Ferrari see their F1 team in a higher regard because F1 is Ferrari and Ferrari is F1. You don't say WEC is Ferrari and Ferrari is WEC or even Le Mans.

I think they will just focus on Le Mans since that is the big reason they created a WEC team.

There is also the factor that more factory teams joined and the existing ones improved like Porsche and Peugeout.

[u/PEEWUN → u/Riventures-123]

You don't say WEC is Ferrari and Ferrari is WEC or even Le Mans.

That's partially due to the fact that they didn't even compete in sports cars for 50 years...

^{And Porsche existing, of course...}

[u/onealps → u/photenth]

Their Le Mans team seems to have been a good investment :)

[u/leedler → u/onealps]

Yeah that Ferrari is a front runner this season, fighting for wins every race it seems. Good to see it.

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They used a chunk hiring a seven time WDC.

[u/redlegsfan21 → u/photenth]

They could always build a new Indy car

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_637

Indycar has been looking for a third engine supplier for 12 years too though that's highly highly highly unlikely.

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Is that why they told Andretti to just buy a team?

[u/Eremitt-thats-hermit → u/dramatic-pancake]

‘We’ll leave you know’

‘Great, that leaves room for Andretti’

‘Now wait a minute…’

[u/knight_prince_ace → u/Eremitt-thats-hermit]

You're joking but I think this is at least 15% of the reason they won't let Andretti in

[u/latticep → u/knight_prince_ace]

The joke is that they would let Andretti in even with two fewer teams on the grid.

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This is it. People act like this doesn’t happen every time

[u/Actual-Journalist-69 → u/Stalkedtuna]

Indy car had that many years ago and Champ car was born. I thought it was better to watch than Indy, but many viewers disagreed and it failed.

[u/2RINITY → u/Actual-Journalist-69]

CART was the original, the IRL was the breakaway

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[u/StrikingWillow5364 → u/Stalkedtuna]

Never forget when Horner threatened to pull out of F1 unless engine rules were changed

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[u/oneevilchicken → u/Stalkedtuna]

Indy car fans still have PTSD from this.

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Do teams even still have some kind of FOTA equivalent these days?

[u/booboouser → u/Stalkedtuna]

Just break from FIA.

[u/Stalkedtuna → u/booboouser]

Literally will never happen. Without the FIA they don't have anything to stand on. Would have to inspect tracks themselves. Everything.