Comments on: F1 2009: Quick pre-season guide

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:03:01 +0000

On the subject of getting ready: any recommendations for the best live webcast of the race? This got a little dicey with TVU later in the last season…
Many thanks!

By: zuth

zuth — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:59:12 +0000

Keith
There is only one way to kick the new season off and that is with a bottle of champagne no matter what the hour!

By: Scott Joslin

Scott Joslin — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:51:11 +0000

Love the commitment! I have got a blasted meeting at 10am so might have to skip the second session.

By: Nayanesh

Nayanesh — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:40:30 +0000

Thanks Keith!

By: theRoswellite

theRoswellite — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:37:12 +0000

I agree with Keith on this one:

“Do I think the FIA brought the ‘most wins’ thing in to distract people? No, I think that gives them way too much credit.”

Plus, any move as horrendous as subscribing the team budgets to a preset FIA established limit is not going to disappear from the table simply because we have something more immediate on our plate (the points guffa). Don’t get me wrong, a reasonable, FOTA backed, financial limitation COULD be an equitable way to maintain a healthy F1. However, any unilateral program coming from our two-headed monster certainly will not be.

By: Toby Bushby

Toby Bushby — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:18:31 +0000

Would making them enter as a new team have something to do with them having to give a new guarantee to stay in the sport for X amount of years? Bernie and Max, together again?

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:52:06 +0000

I doubt they’ll be disqualified after the fact – when there’s a question about legality all they can do is clarify the rules for the future races, not change the outcome of the race just run.

So this would require the teams to ship new parts out to Malaysia, which I can imagine would cost a fair bit as it would be out of their pocket.

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:29:19 +0000

I think a lot of people are sceptical about how serious the budget caps proposal is – and how implementable it is. I’m still of the opinion that it’s a terrible idea and I hope FOTA can make the FIA see sense.

Do I think the FIA brought the ‘most wins’ thing in to distract people? No, I think that gives them way too much credit.

More on the budget cap proposal here: Budget caps for F1 in 2010

By: james

james — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:06:49 +0000

The above statement is in the autosport magazine, is what I meant,

By: james

james — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:04:25 +0000

The announcement of a new points system caused uproar last week. But while everybody was focused on that, the FIA dropped the real bombshell…

I have the same opinion. What do you think, keith?

Has the FIA tried to override us?