Formula 1 2009

I like how new teams have immerged this year as race leaders. F1 was stale IMO.
 
Red Bull and Renault have also expressed their distaste about the prospect of budget caps. Although, Aston Martin, Lola and Dallara, among others, have expressed the desire to get in to F1 next year.
 
It doesn't appear to be the act of "cry babies" or "moaning" about budget caps at all:

The Board of Directors also examined developments related to recent decisions taken by the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile during an extraordinary meeting of the World Motor Sport Council on 29 April 2009. Although this meeting was originally called only to examine a disciplinary matter, the decisions taken mean that, for the first time ever in Formula 1, the 2010 season will see the introduction of two different sets of regulations based on arbitrary technical rules and economic parameters.
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The Board also expressed its disappointment about the methods adopted by the FIA in taking decisions of such a serious nature and its refusal to effectively reach an understanding with constructors and teams. The rules of governance that have contributed to the development of Formula 1 over the last 25 years have been disregarded, as have the binding contractual obligations between Ferrari and the FIA itself regarding the stability of the regulations. The same rules for all teams, stability of regulations, the continuity of the FOTA's endeavours to methodically and progressively reduce costs, and governance of Formula 1 are the priorities for the future. If these indispensable principles are not respected and if the regulations adopted for 2010 will not change, then Ferrari does not intend to enter its cars in the next Formula 1 World Championship.
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Ferrari seems to favor reducing costs even further. Their gripe appears to be creating two tiers based on expenditures instead of everybody being governed by exactly the same rules, and the way they went about it. Isn't the FIA supposed to operate by consensus after direct involvement from the teams themselves these days?

It will be interesting to see how this story develops. F1 certainly won't be the same without them and possibly even more teams.
 
I believe Ferrari want costs to fall gradually like tey have been for the last season. So they are against the current budget cap and their plan would initially see team expenditure remain high. A gradual reduction is more logical as it gives teams more time to restructure however the recession is here already so maybe the teams would be better off accepting an increased budget cap of perhaps £80 million with the cap potentially rising again in the future.

Apparently the idea of two sets of regulations has been abandoned so it does seem as if there is going to be a budget cap and it just depends on where it is set and how strictly it can be enforced. Sub contracting out work for unreasonably low prices etc.
 
I'd enjoy seeing Aston Martin sliding into F1!
 
Regardless of the merits and demerits of such a system, a two tier system isn't that far from what there currently is with KERS; in the last race Massa screwed up Vettel for, what, 50+ laps with a significantly slower ferrari? Just because he could use the KERS to defend on the only long straight part of the course.

Now imagine that over the entire race with multiple cars...that would be interesting to watch.
 
I'm happy jenson button is actually doing well cause if u look at the last year or so he has had some real lows but the thing is Brawn read the rules of what they could have and what they could not have while alot of others just put the KERS in which is much heavier than the diffuser.althoaugh the KERS helps over take but in the long run its ok.
:):D:cool:
 
Awesome to see Ferrari and Räikkönen be competitive again.
 
GravityWave said:
Weren't they on the harder tyre though?
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Yes and its a short straight before the first corner so there may have been little benefit from deploying it. Was funny seeing Button run down the length of the pit straight.
 
Yeah, basically Ferrari screwed up on the tire choices, they even spent, what, 20 laps on them at the end of the race? Amazingly they weren't horrendously bad at that part of the race.

Vettel OTOH...Barrichello must love him for holding up Massa.
 
Can someone explain Kers to me, and why only some cars have it?
Also, explain why Lewis is doing so bad!
 
Abaddon said:
Can someone explain Kers to me, and why only some cars have it?
Also, explain why Lewis is doing so bad!
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Kers is meant to reclaim energy when breaking and then this energy is allowed to be used each lap to give an extra boost to speed but it seems it can only be used effectively once up to a certain speed. There are multiple reasons why most teams are not using it but the two main ones seems to be that its heavy so the balance of the car has to be built around it and its an extra complexity that some teams cannot afford to spend time and money on.
 
You can find the complete article here.

FOTA announces breakaway series

19 June 2009

Eight current teams have released a statement revealing that they are to leave Formula 1 at the end of this season. Members of the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) sent out the message following a meeting on Thursday, stating that all current teams apart from Williams and Force India will leave F1 at the end of 2009.

'Since the formation of FOTA last September the teams have worked together and sought to engage the FIA and commercial rights holder (Formula One Management, lead by Bernie Ecclestone), to develop and improve the sport. Unprecedented worldwide financial turmoil has inevitably placed great challenges before the F1 community. FOTA is proud that it has achieved the most substantial measures to reduce costs in the history of our sport. In particular the manufacturer teams have provided assistance to the independent teams, a number of which would probably not be in the sport today without the FOTA initiatives.

The FOTA teams have further agreed upon a substantial voluntary cost reduction that provides a sustainable model for the future. Following these efforts all the teams have confirmed to the FIA and the commercial rights holder that they are willing to commit until the end of 2012. The FIA and the commercial rights holder have campaigned to divide FOTA.

The wishes of the majority of the teams are ignored. Furthermore, tens of millions of dollars have been withheld from many teams by the commercial rights holder, going back as far as 2006. Despite this and the uncompromising environment, FOTA has genuinely sought compromise. It has become clear however, that the teams cannot continue to compromise on the fundamental values of the sport and have declined to alter their original conditional entries to the 2010 World Championship.

These teams therefore have no alternative other than to commence the preparation for a new Championship which reflects the values of its participants and partners. This series will have transparent governance, one set of regulations, encourage more entrants and listen to the wishes of the fans, including offering lower prices for spectators worldwide, partners and other important stakeholders. The major drivers, stars, brands, sponsors, promoters and companies historically associated with the highest level of motorsport will all feature in this new series.
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It seems that we will have two Formula1 championships next year.
Good news or bad news?
 
At least Force India stand the chance of getting some points if they are one of two teams.
 
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