[chillibowl]

thats a fair point as Toyota did do just that. but i would imagine if Liberty were left short of teams they would have no choice but to incentivize a new buyer for said defunct team...perhaps by waiving the entry fee or offering a continuation or early payment against future prize money for a potential buyer.

i agree though, it makes things more difficult but on the whole and without this new barrier to entry, a new team would have been presumably spending that 200mil on themselves and to the detriment of the smaller teams.

but with Wiliams now sold...are there any small teams left to protect?

Haas i suppose but how many hold much attachment to them?