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F1: FIA Confirms Teams May Sit Out Three Races
F1 teams will be able to miss three races this season, but it may cost them...
SPEED Staff / GMM  |  Posted February 09, 2010   GMM Newswire
In a move primarily aimed at new teams, the FIA will allow teams to miss up to three races in 2010. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
FIA president Jean Todt has confirmed reports that F1 teams may sit out three Grands Prix in 2010 without penalty.
The addition of a Grand Prix in nearby Rome has Monza concerned that it could lose its event. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

Amid speculation that some of the sport's four new teams are struggling to get up and running ahead of next month's Bahrain season opener, Bernie Ecclestone hinted at the measure to a British newspaper last weekend.

And he is quoted as saying by France's Auto Hebdo that Campos and USF1 are "asking to miss the first three races".

"In the last World Council the opportunity for a team to not participate in three rounds of the championship, also not consecutively, was granted," Todt is quoted as saying by Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport.

It is believed, however, that the new entrant funding promised by Ecclestone may be jeopardized if teams do skip races.

Ecclestone is pushing hard for the Serbian hopeful Stefan GP to be first in queue to race this year should one of the confirmed teams collapse.

But Todt clarified: "If a team drops out of the championship, the insertion of a new team is not automatic.

"It is always up to the FIA to decide whether someone is eligible or not," he added.

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