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[Griff]

I quite like the idea of the 2 possible ways teams can go in 2010.

Budget Cap. Where teams get technical freedom but have to keep all costs under 30mil including drivers and team principals. This leaves them to develop whatever they want including the removal of the engine freeze

Cost cutting. Where the teams can carry on as they are, pay their staff what they want but all under hte multitude of of cost cutting measures.

http://www.formula1.com/news/interviews/2009/3/9026.html

[EwanM]

I quite like the idea of the 2 possible ways teams can go in 2010.

Budget Cap. Where teams get technical freedom but have to keep all costs under 30mil including drivers and team principals. This leaves them to develop whatever they want including the removal of the engine freeze

Cost cutting. Where the teams can carry on as they are, pay their staff what they want but all under hte multitude of of cost cutting measures.

http://www.formula1.com/news/interviews/2009/3/9026.html

It should be a mix of the two. The teams should be allowed to develop, but at a reasonable cost.

[Jensonb]

I don't like the idea of a two class Formula 1 at all.

[Frosty]

The idea is stupid and unworkable just look how much upset is caused by finding a loop hole in diffuser regulations imagine the amount of loopholes there will be in a budget cap system. The idea of a two tier F1 does not appeal to me either. I believe the Ferrari president has already voiced severe concerns about this and I expect many more to come from most if not all of the teams!

[EwanM]

Formula One R.I.P.

[darwin dali]

Formula One R.I.P.

http://pop.youtube.com/watch?v=6vTcvZDPy50

[EwanM]

Formula One R.I.P.

http://pop.youtube.com/watch?v=6vTcvZDPy50

Oh god, the amount of F1 tribute videos which feature that song on Youtube

[darwin dali]

Formula One R.I.P.

http://pop.youtube.com/watch?v=6vTcvZDPy50

Oh god, the amount of F1 tribute videos which feature that song on Youtube

Better?
Right up Stealthgate's alley, ain't that the truth?

[8-ball]

Bernie Ecclestone has launched a staunch defence of the FIA's decision to implement a voluntary budget cap from the start of the 2010 Formula One season.

The FIA announcement a series of measures, including awarding the drivers' world championship to the driver who wins most races, and introducing a £30 million budget limit on teams, has been met with a lukewarm response by the teams, who fear it could lead to a two-tier championship.

However, Ecclestone believes the move was needed to ensure the sport survives during the global economic downturn.

"Any time we make any changes, there are a whole bunch of people who say, 'forget it, it won't happen'," Ecclestone said. "When we had two-race engines, everyone said you can't do it because the teams won't finish races.

"Everything that is proposed, the teams always say forget it - it is just par for the course."

He added: "[The teams] say they have reduced their budgets by 50 per cent. Fine, but the guy who was spending $300 million will now spend $150m, and the guy spending $80m will spend $40m.

"There has always been that gap difference. We are going to restrict teams that want to be covered by that cap to £30m, but we are going to try to help them with technical advantages. Then some of the big teams will ask why they are spending £300m. In the end the truth of the matter is we should just have a cap for everybody, although maybe £30m is a bit too low." Ecclestone hopes the new rules will see a return to the bumper F1 grids of the 1980s, when as many as 39 cars were vying for 26 places on the starting grid.

"The good thing is that most of the teams have got contracts that will get them through 2009, and we need to get our act together for 2010 to make sure we don't lose people," Ecclestone said.

"But better than that, perhaps we can gain some people. I want to see pre-qualifying again. I want 26 people on the grid, of which 16 are competitive."

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/ ... 933059.ece

[Frosty]

WTF didn't bernie used to say he didn't want anymore than 24 cars on the grid with 12 teams?

[Gilles 27]

i think he was attempting to move against the tide of no hoper teams with pay drivers who were 8 seconds a lap off the pace. To be honest, that kind of thing is just plain dangerous. If they can't lap within 3 seconds of the field median pace then they shouldn't really be allowed to race. I think these days, there are plenty of people about who know how to build, run and drive a proper racing car so bigger grid sizes are at this point in time desirable.

[darwin dali]

i think he was attempting to move against the tide of no hoper teams with pay drivers who were 8 seconds a lap off the pace. To be honest, that kind of thing is just plain dangerous. If they can't lap within 3 seconds of the field median pace then they shouldn't really be allowed to race. I think these days, there are plenty of people about who know how to build, run and drive a proper racing car so bigger grid sizes are at this point in time desirable.

Plus they could always pull the ol' pre-quali and the ol' 107% rules out of the drawer...