Comments on: Which new rules will improve F1? (Poll)

By: Paige

Paige — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:45:45 +0000

I like budget capping. Let the teams do whatever they want to their cars but limit the amount they can spend. Let the real talent rise to the top, not money.

By: Dingly Dell

Dingly Dell — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:11:52 +0000

None of these changes are going to improve F1. The switch to most wins is appalling. My suggestion for a possible way round this would be for FOTA to simply ignore it apply the points system that they suggested to each race and, at the end of the season, say “OK he is the your pseudo FIA champion, the real champion is driverx” During the after race interviews a FOTA representative could announce the “real championship” positions and then waive the appropriate two fingers at Max & Co. I for one will be scoring the points for each driver in the old way and also that suggested by FOTA. I do not doubt that many others will be doing the same.

By: Dougie

Dougie — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:03:08 +0000

Scenario 4632

Going into the last race Hamilton has 6 wins, Massa has 5 wins.

Massa must win, but to stay ahead in the points Hamilton only needs 5th place or better.

Where is this different from last years ending??

Both drivers were going for wins for the majority of the season up to the last race last year.

By: matt

matt — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:11:43 +0000

‘Because less than half the scheduled race distance had been completed, only half the normal World Championship points were awarded’

I was just reading about the 1991 Australian GP. Was this rule still in place last year? And if so, how does it work this year? Is a win only counted as half a win?

By: George

George — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:07:20 +0000

I guess the budget cap is ridiculos, they should just cap everyone the same, like they do in football and baseball in the states, but of course larger budgets.

The wins situation is pretty dull and I am against it, but there is this possibility of no more boring ferrari or mclaren 1-2´s, just trailing one another, as bahrain last year among others.

By: ajokay

ajokay — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:32:24 +0000

Then he wouldn’t win the championship.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:08:35 +0000

Hey Keith, coul dyou clear something up. Over on realbrawngp someone is talking about the technical regs being ammended today and that they may have clarified the rules regarding diffusers. This person was saying that the Brawn GP car may now be illegal as a result but I couldn’t even begin to follow the detail of the regulations.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:06:39 +0000

Perhaps we could form the Formula One Supporters Alliance (FOSA) and in unison with FOTA put our views across to the FiA and FOM…

Still wouldn’t work though, would it.

I wonder, how many fans would put in £100 to try and find the $1.4bn needed to buy the commercial rights debt from the creditors now and then gift it to the teams…

By: luky

luky — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:59:15 +0000

It’s too late for a change.

By: Richard S

Richard S — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:32:49 +0000

that didn’t quite work as intended!

By: Richard S

Richard S — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:31:22 +0000

Having read this

and with Bernie managing to put half his wealth beyond the reach of creditors, I think something is amiss in Ecclestoneland.

He’s gone crying to Mad Max with tales of his empire teetering on the brink and Max has obliged. No wonder he thinks Max would make a good Prime Minister! The FIA have rolled over once again and all to protect the status quo. It’s not the teams’ budgets that’s the problem!

What power! But how long can they keep it up?

By: fastmike

fastmike — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:06:28 +0000

OHHH come on guys….. Max is very special.. he must be to be caught with his trousers down and retain his position lol

By: Hallard

Hallard — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:57:06 +0000

I vote that we publically euthanize Bernie and Max. If the teams can all band together (and agree even) under FOTA in the face of adversity, then these two curmudgeons are clearly redundant.

By: schumi the greatest

schumi the greatest — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:12:12 +0000

i voted for f1 publicity but i regret it now having read a few comments ive realised a few things ive missed.

Revealing the fuel strategies would be good for the casual fan who falls across f1 when there’s nothing else on tv but for the fans who know what f1 is all about it will take away some of the good (and there’s not alot of it) about race fuel qualifying.

The points system..well as iv said before i think there needs to be a mix of consistency and winning in f1. What the fia have done now is crap…As keith pointed out increasing the points difference between 1st and 2nd was the best way forward. Because the currrent system meant that 1 driver could win the 1st 5 races of the year and another could finnish 2nd in them all, driver 1 would only have a 10 point advantage.

I like the fact that 8 drivers can score points it means that more of the smaller teams have a chance to do something. when there was 6 there was half a dozen teams trundling round for no real reason they never got near the points.

i am dissapointed with the fia’s choice….again.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:55:41 +0000

All you need to do is compare the reliability of cars now to 10 -15 years ago to see how the points system has affected cars. Instead of building the quickest car, teams build the most reliable car to make sure they get points. 8 out of 20 get points instead of 6 out of 24 before, so the odds are if a top car makes the finish, it’ll get points.

This means that the top teams are all so reliable now, there’s no chance they’re all going to brakedown and give a minnow like Panis in a Liger at Monaco ‘96 to win a races and grab the glory.

I’d rather a driver with 6 wins and 11 DNF’s win the championship than somebody who played the percentages and picked up 2nd’s 3rd’s 4th’s. At least it’ll be the driver who pushed to win that comes out on top.

And isn’t thet what F1 is all about – Winning?

By: alan

alan — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:29:40 +0000

Well I voted for none as again its interference with no comeback – to late for fota to tell them to get stuck.
These two megalomaniac’s could cause a storm in a tea cup – they are not interested in the fans – that is just a smoke screen – both dont want the gravy train to stop and to have their own importance to be greatly exaggerated – I know that short of calling out rentokill – they are never going to do the decent thing and go – sorry but I am not looking forward now to the start of this season – thanks bernie and max

By: fastmike

fastmike — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:34:17 +0000

Its getting to the point where you might as well put all the drivers in Karts that are all the same.

By: Adam Milleneuve

Adam Milleneuve — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:26:17 +0000

I personally think there are better ways to improve the appeal of F1 further a field: http://www.f1badger.com/2009/03/doughnuts/

By: Loki

Loki — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:05:19 +0000

Bernie and Max probably trying to break FOTA before it amasses momentum. I think I read somewhere that Moseley pushed the rules through now, especially those concerning the budgets, because there was ‘no time’ for talks.

By: Fer no.65

Fer no.65 — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:02:39 +0000

What i can’t understand is why FIA waited for FOTA to say what they thought it would be better for the sport and then decided to do whatever they wanted?

I mean, FOTA suggested the change in the points system (12-9-7…) and they showed their disagreement with the medals system

FIA says: “okey”. And then they introduce the medals system. How fair is that?