Plans progress for breakaway F1 series

Formula One’s major car makers will press ahead with plans to launch a rival series “no later than 2008”, they revealed today.

Tue, 26 Oct, 2004 - 16:14

Formula One’s major car makers will press ahead with plans to launch a rival series “no later than 2008”, they revealed today.

The Grand Prix World Championship group, made up of BMW, Ferrari, Renault and Mercedes, have long threatened to launch a breakaway series and today insisted their plans will go ahead.

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