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'We have to open up F1 to other brands,' insists Ben Sulayem

FIA president shows no sign of backing down over Andretti issue as he insists that there is no reason not to have as many as 12 teams. At a time when the various interested parties insist that 10 teams is more than enough, fans of a certain vintage will recall those heady days of the late 80s and early 90s when as many as 40 drivers would turn up, necessitating the infamous early morning pre-qualifying sessions that would reduce the field to a far more manageable 30 entries ahead of qualifying. Eurobrun, Coloni, Onyx, Zakspeed, Rial, AGS... race after race they turned up, piloted by the likes of Gregor Foitek, Pierre-Henri Raphanel, Volker Weidler, Enrico Bertaggia and Claudio Langes....
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