FOCA
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FOCA
(motor racing) Acronym of Formula One Constructors Association.
Synonym: FOTA
Coordinate terms: (related) FOM, F1
Coordinate terms: FIA, FISA
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For the next two races, By the early 1970s, as Brabham team owner Bernie Ecclestone started to marshal the collective bargaining power of the Formula One Constructors Association (FOCA), Monaco was prestigious enough to become an early bone of contention.
Henry (1985) p. 225 From 1978, Ecclestone was president of the Formula One Constructors Association (FOCA), a body formed by the teams to represent their interests.
FOCA threatened to establish a rival series, boycotted a Grand Prix and FISA withdrew its sanction from races.
FOCA would coerce all Americans into subsidizing and promoting abortion with their tax dollars.
In practice, several of the FOCA teams backed out of the boycott, citing "sponsor obligations".
Previously, the circuit owners controlled the income of the teams and negotiated with each individually, however Ecclestone persuaded the teams to "hunt as a pack" through FOCA.