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Since 2003 the FIA introduced many rules to reduce the costs. The parc fermé regulations were introduced in 2003 and the one engine rule in 2004. Since this year drivers have to two race weekends with one engine and a whole race with only one set of tyres.

Most of these new rules are still controversial. According to the criticasters these rules don't make Formula 1 cheaper and certainly not more exciting.

What kind of measures to reduce the costs do you think the FIA should introduce? And which of the already introduced regulations should be repealed? These are my proposals:

The one engine rule, one tyre rule and parc fermé regulations should be abolished. I'm not convinced that these rules have reduced the costs. Of course, the production costs were lowered, but the development costs have increased. The increase of development costs is not only temporary, but also structurally.

To cut the costs I have the following proposals:

- Engine manufactures should be enforced to supply at least to two teams. This can be done by just introducing a new article in the sporting regulations, but can also enforced by introducing a championship for engine manufactures.

- Teams should have the possibility to buy and use cars of other teams or car manufactures. This will teams share costs. Testing will be less important. If more teams will use the same car, less testing per team is needed to collect the same amount of information. With this measure the FIA will make it less difficult to be competitive with a small budget.

- The electronics should be restricted. Maybe the introduction of the standard ECU is needed, but only if engine manufactures and teams have much room to adjust the setup of the ECU. A standard ECU should lead to, for example, a RPM restrictor.

- The ratio between aerodynamical and mechanical grip must be changed toward mechanical grip. This can be done by introducing broad and slick tyres and stricter rules for the aerodynamics. By changing the ratio, aerodynamics will become less important. That will make teams to save money.

- A ban on refueling during the race can also be a cost cutting measure. Teams won’t need to do time costing research to look after for a good strategy. It will also provide smaller teams to do a longer stint, so that they can drive in front of the field for a short period during the race. This will make them more attractive for sponsors.