Bahrain GP 2009 - Race 4/17

The Extraordinary World Motor Sport Council held yesterday in Paris has decided that applications for the 2010 World Championship must be made between May 22 and May 29 and teams must state in these applications whether they will compete under the cost-cap regulations or continue without any restriction on spending. The maximum entry will be 26 cars, or 13 teams. The FIA will then publish a list of entries accepted on June 12. The FIA says that in 2010 the teams will have the option to build cars for under $58.8m. This budget cap will include all costs except marketing and hospitality, drivers, fines and penalties, engine costs, any expenditure which the team can demonstrate has no influence on its performance in the championship and dividends.

A new Costs Commission is being established to monitor and enforce these cost-cap financial regulations. The Costs Commission will consist of a chairman and two other commissioners, appointed by the WMSC for terms of three years. One Commissioner should be a finance expert and the other should have high level experience in motor sport. The chairman should have appropriate experience and standing in motor sport or sports governance. All members of the Costs Commission shall be independent of all teams.

In addition to the payments which it already makes to the top 10 teams in the Championship, Formula One Management, the commercial rights holder, has agreed to offer participation fees and expenses to the new teams. This includes an annual payment of US$10 million to each team plus free transportation of two chassis and freight up to 10,000 kg in weight (not including the two chassis) as well as 20 air tickets (economy class) for each round trip for events held outside Europe. In order to be eligible for this, each new team must qualify as a constructor and demonstrate that it has the necessary facilities, financial resources and technical competence to compete effectively in Formula 1.

The cost-capped cars will be allowed to have movable wings, front and rear and no rev limit on the engines. These teams will also be allowed unlimited out-of-season track testing with no restrictions on the scale and speed of wind tunnel testing.

Refuelling during a race will be forbidden in order to save the costs of transporting refuelling equipment and increase the incentive for engine builders to improve fuel economy (to save weight). It was also confirmed that tyre blankets will be banned and that the ban on other tyre-heating devices will be maintained.
The World Council has voted itself the right to approve the issue of the Formula 1 Super Licence to persons judged by the Council to have met the intent of the qualification process.
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Duke said:
Refuelling & tyre blankets banned from next year

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74948
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WOOHOO!!!!!!!!! Refuelling's gone! Only 15 years too late, but never mind. Presumably this will bring about some changes for qualifying as well.

and increase the incentive for engine builders to improve fuel economy (to save weight)
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Is it just me that thinks one engine manufacturer might say "ah **** it" and build a very powerful engine that needs a lot of fuel? Presumably they're setting a maximum size for the fuel tank in order to nip that one in the bud, but it'd be interesting to see that dynamic again. We always used to have it with the thirsty Ferrari V12s versus the rather more frugal Cosworth V8s.

And with this ban on refuelling, are they going to let everyone re-homologate their engines?

As for the banning of tyre warmers.....meh, not that fussed about that one. I'm sure Bridgestone will come up with a few tyre compounds that can work with that restriction.

gord said:
Clearly an FIA tactic to assist Massa..
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JRS said:
If you want to watch people pump fuel into cars, go to the local Shell garage. Me, I'd rather watch cars racing ;)
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id rather watch racing with some tactics. The rules going to make it even more like a procession. Fuelling is great. It adds tactics and excitement. It is a team sport and fuelling gives it that sense.
 
They will still need to pit for tyres ;)

This will put people on a more level playing field and give people liek Force india a chance who aren't so clever tactic wise.

It makes the sport simpler for spectators and fans too. We've had the thinking mans game for a bit too long now so it should be interesting. Mechanical grip and a sprint to the finish. That's what racing is about to me.
 
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AcidHell2 said:
id rather watch racing with some tactics.
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So you don't think that managing fuel consumption, adapting to your car changing in weight much more over the course of a race and knowing just how hard you can push the tyres when the car is very, very fat with fuel are anything at all to do with tactics?
 
JRS said:
So you don't think that managing fuel consumption, adapting to your car changing in weight much more over the course of a race and knowing just how hard you can push the tyres when the car is very, very fat with fuel are anything at all to do with tactics?
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Err, not really, since all drivers will have roughly the same fuel, and same change in weight over the race, that would mean that it's another case for a processional race.. It's still tactical of course, but much reduced, it really only leaves the management of fuel consumption which is something they have to contend with today even with pitstops..

Now, if they said no pitstops at all unless punctured tyres etc, that would mix it up and tyre conservatoin would be a much bigger factor as well as the fuel load difference etc..
 
SoliD said:
I believe it is an old Spice Trading ship from the collonial times....
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Ooooh. :cool:

Demon said:
Err, not really, since all drivers will have roughly the same fuel, and same change in weight over the race, that would mean that it's another case for a processional race.. It's still tactical of course, but much reduced, it really only leaves the management of fuel consumption which is something they have to contend with today even with pitstops..

Now, if they said no pitstops at all unless punctured tyres etc, that would mix it up and tyre conservatoin would be a much bigger factor as well as the fuel load difference etc..
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The cars will have different centres of gravity. Differences in how well they use their tyres etc. Won't all be the same. Plus some engines will be more fuel efficient than others.
 
JRS said:
So you don't think that managing fuel consumption, adapting to your car changing in weight much more over the course of a race and knowing just how hard you can push the tyres when the car is very, very fat with fuel are anything at all to do with tactics?
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of course they are, but not as much as refulling. They are also driver only tactics. Not team related
 
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