Max Mosley says that a “Grand Prix World Championship” series is almost a certainty. He is “pessimistic that the existing Formula One team owners and Bernie Ecclestone will reach a compromise,” and for that reason thinks “that GPWC will happen” by 2008.

Bernie & Max

What a disaster this would be. Hasn’t the Formula One crowd learned anything from the CART/IRL split in US open-wheel motor racing? Dividing the international driving world championship series in two would ruin it. Both sides here need to stop grandstanding and come to their senses.