In the last few days it has been reported that the FIA and FOM may allow the Campos and USF1 teams to skip the first 3 races of the season however the FIA quickly denied that and issued the following statement:
PARTICIPATION IN EVENTS COUNTING TOWARDS THE FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Following recent reports on the interpretation of clauses in the Concorde Agreement concerning the concept of a Team's ‘participation’ in the FIA Formula One World Championship, the FIA wishes to make the following clarification:
From a sporting and regulatory point of view, each Team that has registered for the Championship is obliged to take part in every event of the season. Any failure to take part, even for just one Championship event, would constitute an infringement both of the Concorde Agreement and the FIA Regulations.
FIA insists that all F1 teams must take part in every event
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