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[bud]

s*** shifter Karts would be quicker if that were the case! this goes along on Max's stupid idea list next to - drivers swapping teams every race.... will never happen.

[7UpJordan]

s*** shifter Karts would be quicker if that were the case! this goes along on Max's stupid idea list next to - drivers swapping teams every race.... will never happen.

My Vauxhall Corsa would probably go faster too.

So what ludicrous ideas could Max come up with next? Cars having to use a Milk Float engine? Drivers having to wear g-strings? Bicycle pedals in the cockpit?

[bud]

the drivers will have to drive with hand cuffs on with pantie hose stockings as fire proof undergarments

[AKR]

its bud not Bud

bud is supposed to be you nick? Names are supposed to all start with a capital letter. So it is really Bud not bud.

[McLaren Fan]

I can't say for sure, but I think the name is meant to be symmetrical.

[darwin dali]

I can't say for sure, but I think the name is meant to be symmetrical.

I remember him saying it's part of his last name...

[darwin dali]

Drivers having to wear g-strings?

Good thing DC is retiring - he wouldn't stand for this!

[bud]

I can't say for sure, but I think the name is meant to be symmetrical.

yes its a logo

[f1usa]

s*** shifter Karts would be quicker if that were the case! this goes along on Max's stupid idea list next to - drivers swapping teams every race.... will never happen.

My Vauxhall Corsa would probably go faster too.

So what ludicrous ideas could Max come up with next? Cars having to use a Milk Float engine? Drivers having to wear g-strings? Bicycle pedals in the cockpit?

Upholster cockpit in leather, you know how partial Max is to leather.

[f1maniac95]

Having a standard engine in an F1 car would be a waste of time and the cars would be so slow.

[FerrariFan63]

At least this time you can see where Mosley's head is at. A standardised engine, developed by one supplier, not necessarily a manufacturer, would be the only way to keep costs down for all teams. I'd agree that the manufacturers won't go for it, and that will prevent it. But it would, finally, keep costs down. Given the economic situation, it could be that current costs are unsustainable and will wreck F1 as the manufacturers pull out en mass.

But imagine the conspiracy theories when engines blow more for one team than they do for others. Which could be installation issues, or just random sampling.

[FJuan]

There is an easy way for Mosely to get what he wants.

He could nick off to run A1 GP.

[bud]

At least this time you can see where Mosley's head is at. A standardised engine, developed by one supplier, not necessarily a manufacturer, would be the only way to keep costs down for all teams. I'd agree that the manufacturers won't go for it, and that will prevent it. But it would, finally, keep costs down. Given the economic situation, it could be that current costs are unsustainable and will wreck F1 as the manufacturers pull out en mass.

But imagine the conspiracy theories when engines blow more for one team than they do for others. Which could be installation issues, or just random sampling.

its making it a spec series, that is not what Formula one is about!

[FerrariFan63]

its making it a spec series, that is not what Formula one is about!

In an ideal world, yes that's not what Formula one is about. But our world is rapidly becoming less than ideal. And when the manufacturers took over F1, a point made by many people is that manufacturers tend to arrive and leave series together. If Honda, Mercedes, Toyota, Renault all dropped out of F1, where would F1 be?

Not that I agree with a spec engine, but the suggestion cannot be glibly passed off with a comment that this is not what F1 is all about. Better a bastardised F1, than no F1 at all.

[bud]

infact i think it can be glibly passed off with that comment! F1 is constructor vs constructor! the pinnacle of motorsport is not a spec series!

do you think Honda Toyota BMW want to build chassis only to have another automobile make power the thing? they would ALL pull out only teams such as WIlliams Redbull Force India, and to some extent McLaren(majority share holder is Daimler) could get away with a spec engine!