- 29 Dec 15, 16:59#439092
Ahead of the Jan 15 meeting when the engine manufacturers are supposed to present their ideas on engine costs and options (after the FIA's arbitrary $12M engine cost cap idea was veto'd) the players are taking their positions!
Ferrari:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/122346
"However, Ferrari, Mercedes and Renault - which is returning to running a works team in 2016 after taking over Lotus - are unhappy with the suggestion that Bernie Ecclestone and FIA president Jean Todt should be given more power to make key decisions about F1.
When asked what Ferrari would be without Formula 1, Marchionne said: "Ferrari is likely to find other ways to provide its ability to win and to race. This is so easy.
"That would be a great pity of course - nobody wants Ferrari out of F1.
"F1 would change [without Ferrari]. It would be something else.
"Nobody would be interested in Formula 1 without Ferrari, not even Mercedes. We are all there to compete."
Marchionne, who added it would be "highly improbable" that Ferrari would walk away, strongly believes F1's participants should be involved in discussions over major decisions.
"It is something is going to happen can't be debated, we do not agree with this position," said Marchionne.
"This is something we are inline with Mercedes and also with Renault.
"We spend a hundreds of millions every year so these are heavy investments.
"The issue is trying to come up with power units which are affordable to all teams.
"The teams that are able to develop their own engines are being deprived of the reason why to go on track during every race.
"We race during every grand prix to improve ourselves, so we should try to improve our cutting edge and this is a different approach to the one which wants to be imposed.
"If F1 is going to become like NASCAR in the US, well I'm not interested in that.""
Red Bull:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/122346
"Plans by Bernie Ecclestone and Jean Todt to introduce a competitive budget engine from 2017 have been put on hold while manufacturers come up with an alternative suggestion.
But Horner, whose team is interested in going down the independent engine route, thinks the original plan is still the best one.
“You need a competitive independent engine,” explained Horner. “That is what will bring balance back in to the whole system.
“We have a situation in the sport, and forget Red Bull a little bit, because just like the double diffuser was a battle between FOTA and FOM, the engine is a very powerful tool for who has control of F1.
“Is it the promoter and the FIA? Or is it the manufacturers? We find ourselves unfortunately caught in the middle of that power play.""
Mercedes:
http://www.f1today.net/en/news/207805/w ... ritten-off
"Toto Wolff has tipped Red Bull to commence a process of rebuilding as the brand races back to the front in formula one. The energy drink company's premier F1 outfit dominated the sport with every title between 2010 and 2013, faltering only when engine supplier Renault struggled at the commencement of the new 'power unit' era.
That new era has been dominated from the first lap by Mercedes, who this year ruled out supplying Red Bull with its impressive turbo V6 technology for 2016.
So 2015 ends with a sense of palpable tension between the two camps, with Red Bull's Christmas card featuring Mercedes boss Wolff being mowed down by Daniel Ricciardo and Daniil Kvyat driving a foot-powered Flintstones car.
"If everything is peace, love and pancakes, that's just not formula one," Wolff is quoted by the Austrian newspaper Salzburger Nachrichten.
He insisted sport is not the most important thing in the world, so "You have to take it with humour".
And he warned that Red Bull, although to be powered by Tag Heuer-branded Renault engines next year, regards 2016 as a transitional year on the road back to recovery."
Ferrari:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/122346
"However, Ferrari, Mercedes and Renault - which is returning to running a works team in 2016 after taking over Lotus - are unhappy with the suggestion that Bernie Ecclestone and FIA president Jean Todt should be given more power to make key decisions about F1.
When asked what Ferrari would be without Formula 1, Marchionne said: "Ferrari is likely to find other ways to provide its ability to win and to race. This is so easy.
"That would be a great pity of course - nobody wants Ferrari out of F1.
"F1 would change [without Ferrari]. It would be something else.
"Nobody would be interested in Formula 1 without Ferrari, not even Mercedes. We are all there to compete."
Marchionne, who added it would be "highly improbable" that Ferrari would walk away, strongly believes F1's participants should be involved in discussions over major decisions.
"It is something is going to happen can't be debated, we do not agree with this position," said Marchionne.
"This is something we are inline with Mercedes and also with Renault.
"We spend a hundreds of millions every year so these are heavy investments.
"The issue is trying to come up with power units which are affordable to all teams.
"The teams that are able to develop their own engines are being deprived of the reason why to go on track during every race.
"We race during every grand prix to improve ourselves, so we should try to improve our cutting edge and this is a different approach to the one which wants to be imposed.
"If F1 is going to become like NASCAR in the US, well I'm not interested in that.""
Red Bull:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/122346
"Plans by Bernie Ecclestone and Jean Todt to introduce a competitive budget engine from 2017 have been put on hold while manufacturers come up with an alternative suggestion.
But Horner, whose team is interested in going down the independent engine route, thinks the original plan is still the best one.
“You need a competitive independent engine,” explained Horner. “That is what will bring balance back in to the whole system.
“We have a situation in the sport, and forget Red Bull a little bit, because just like the double diffuser was a battle between FOTA and FOM, the engine is a very powerful tool for who has control of F1.
“Is it the promoter and the FIA? Or is it the manufacturers? We find ourselves unfortunately caught in the middle of that power play.""
Mercedes:
http://www.f1today.net/en/news/207805/w ... ritten-off
"Toto Wolff has tipped Red Bull to commence a process of rebuilding as the brand races back to the front in formula one. The energy drink company's premier F1 outfit dominated the sport with every title between 2010 and 2013, faltering only when engine supplier Renault struggled at the commencement of the new 'power unit' era.
That new era has been dominated from the first lap by Mercedes, who this year ruled out supplying Red Bull with its impressive turbo V6 technology for 2016.
So 2015 ends with a sense of palpable tension between the two camps, with Red Bull's Christmas card featuring Mercedes boss Wolff being mowed down by Daniel Ricciardo and Daniil Kvyat driving a foot-powered Flintstones car.
"If everything is peace, love and pancakes, that's just not formula one," Wolff is quoted by the Austrian newspaper Salzburger Nachrichten.
He insisted sport is not the most important thing in the world, so "You have to take it with humour".
And he warned that Red Bull, although to be powered by Tag Heuer-branded Renault engines next year, regards 2016 as a transitional year on the road back to recovery."
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. - Winston Churchill
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