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Todt seems to have finally weighed in, saying he believes the FIA "should have complete control" of Formula 1.
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So what's this nonsense about using aggregate times? So you'd have to do 2+ laps in order to get an average?
WEC tried this. It was awful, especially trackside. Nobody knew what was going on and everybody disliked it. It removed the fun from qualifying. |
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We all know that the racing would be at least as good, and almost certainly immeasurably better, if we scrapped all that, went back to naturally-aspirated 3.0-litre V8s, big slicks, big wings and less reliance on aero downforce. We could manage without Merc, Renault, Honda, etc. But we might also lose Ferrari... Anyway, with PC eco warriors like Todt running the FIA and CVC – who don't give a toss about racing or the fans – calling the commercial shots, pigs will be flying before that happens. It's a sad, sorry, sickening mess. I never thought I'd miss Max Mosley... |
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Is it because of the dropping viewing figures? Because maybe they should be addressing the core issue, rather than attempting work arounds to problems. |
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Seems to be a bit of a contraction there.
Personally I think downforce in all it's forms is the worst thing that ever happened to motor racing. Un fortunately it would be hugely difficult to get rid of now because it has percolated all the way down to nearly every class of racing. If you banned it from F1, there would be numerous lesser classes that would have much faster lap times. So you would need to ban it across the board, all in one fell swoop. Tricky! |
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That is more important to boardrooms than a lot of the guff that the marketing types put out; it will sell trucks and cars, much in the same way that the more economical engines being produced by the likes of Rolls Royce and GE help sell more new aircraft. For example, Airbus originally planned to only build around 600 A320s and it's derivatives, but has now delivered over 6000 of the family with firm orders for a further 5000. All because it is more economical for the airlines to upgrade their fleet with fuel-saving engines rather than soldier on with older airframes. |
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The latest projected payments for the teams for 2015 are in the media:
The full story can be found here: http://www.racer.com/f1/item/127980-...-2016-revealed |
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The only team that he and the FIA need or want in F1 is Ferrari, because they are the only team that have remained loyal to the championship, apart from a couple of minor blips which hardly anyone will remember now. Red Bull gets a decent whack because BCE believes that they have good pulling power, whilst Mercedes get treated well because both the FIA and FOM need them to supply PUs to teams that cannot produce them themselves. I really hope that the EU commission does accept the complaints, and does a proper job on F1. That they break the contract that FOM has because it doesn't allow proper competition, or any other reason really, and that F1 returns to planet Earth, and we have a situation where traditional circuits can actually afford to put on races - I mean, why does Silverstone have to pay an annual fee of around £18 million when Monaco, which has untold wealth, pays absolutely nothing - and other races are put on where nobody wants to go and watch. |
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Simply because they will have broken their contract with FOM, which mandates them to race at all rounds of the championship. There is the force majeure clause, which Manor took advantage of, but withdrawing their "labour" doesn't fall into that category. I think, but am not 100% certain, that they would certainly forfeit the $33.5 million from column 1 in the chart.
I don't think that any team, except possibly Ferrari, would risk that, and then again, I think that Ferrari would be the last team to object to the payment structure. However, having said that, they might well get mightily exercised over some of the rule shenanigans. |
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Both of the above; payments and being allowed to compete in the championship is dependant on teams actually arriving at every race, and actively participating.
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I read on Brazilian media, that good ol' Emmo seems to be broken...
...but F1 still not. Still not? |
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