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Jordan doubts FOTA split

Eddie Jordan believes that the Formula One Teams' Assocation (FOTA) would be able to sustain its own breakaway series next year. The FOTA announced early on Friday morning at Silverstone that it would be breaking away from Formula One next year, after failing to find a compromise with governing body the FIA over the ongoing budget cap issue.

The BBC's Jordan at Silverstone

With the FIA having insisted a cap and teams still unhappy with the proposal, FOTA announced that all of its members (which includes all current teams apart from Williams and Force India) would be departing F1 at the end of this season. Eddie, who ran Jordan Grand Prix between 1991 and 2005, is not convinced towards the outcome of the situation.

"It's posturing, but it has become very serious and heads will roll before this sorts itself out," he told BBC Radio 5 Live. The former team owner went on to describe that there is 'absolutely no chance' that the sport would be able to progress in a healthy state when two rival series are at war.

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