***Official 2010 F1 thread***

dannyjo22 said:
The same has to be said of the team principles and leading figures at teams. They got rid of one in Ron Dennis there are a few more that need to be beaten into line as well.

You cannot just direct a blame of not caring about the sport to just the FIA, for 20 years or so the teams haven't given a stuff about the fans.

I remember going around the pits in the early 2000's. An open day for Grandstand ticket holders. All the teams covered the cars and put a couple of old nose cones on trestles. The drivers think they are royalty and only once in all the years I've been to GPs have I seen one mingle with the fans. Johnny Herbert.

Compare that to the old Indy/Nascar drivers and the pits there where it's a much more laid back non elitest attitude.

I know plenty of people that have chatted to JV and Montoya and the like in Indy and they were as nice as pie. Yet as soon as they get to F1, give it a year and they join the rest of them in becoming totally inaccessable and up their own backsides.

F1 needs a change of attitude and not just from the Fia, it's why the sport is slowly but surely dieing.
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To be fair,team bosses are controlled by the money men and have to tow the corporate line. you think changing a few would make any difference? Your wrong.
 
ARE THE FIA ******* TAKING THE ****?

http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=38333
Writing in the Telegraph, Pitpass' business editor Chris Sylt reveals that several of the teams which failed to get grid slots next year have accused the FIA of bias. They say that during the application process the FIA insisted they had to buy engines from Cosworth in order for their bid to be accepted.
This had previously not been a condition but in fact it was a crucial one. "We were told that if we wanted to take up the 2010 grid slot we would have to sign a three-year engine contract with Cosworth." said one team boss.
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Seriously ... what is it with this Nazi obsessed orgymaniac and his group of clowns tryign to **** things up constantly
 
So, no Japanese GP next year perhaps?

The future of the Japanese Grand Prix has been thrown into doubt by Fuji Speedway's decision not to host the race in 2010. Fuji had hosted the race for the last two years but was next due to host it in 2010 after starting a swap deal with Honda-owned Suzuka, its previous home. Suzuka has not said whether it would be prepared to host the race every year.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8137626.stm
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What does this say for the future of Toyota in F1, let alone GPs at other tracks around the world that aren't Government supported?
 
  • US F1 hints at exciting new backers
    US F1 joint boss Peter Windsor has promised that the new North Carolina-based Formula 1 team will boast a '21st century' sponsor package, and refused to deny that video website YouTube will be among its backers.
  • Campos still on course without cap
    New Formula 1 team boss Adrian Campos says the loss of the budget cap as part of the resolution of the FIA versus FOTA row should not be a problem for his project - although he admitted that he was keen to see the final 2010 rules as soon as possible.
  • What is virgin Doing in F1?
    The recent report that Virgin has bought a stake in the Manor F1 team is the latest in a series of strange manoeuvres which the company has pulled off in the sport.
  • The real reason F1 will never get a budget cap
    Over a recent dinner in London Tony Purnell, the FIA's technical consultant, told Pitpass business editor Chris Sylt that personnel in the FIA had scratched their heads long and hard over why the FOTA teams had been so opposed to a budget cap in F1. According to Purnell, the FIA brainstormed all manner of weird and wonderful possible reasons but in the end none seemed to stand out as being likely. After the dinner Sylt gave it some thought and soon figured out what it appears the FIA had failed to do: as ever, follow the money.
 
The future of the Japanese Grand Prix has been thrown into doubt by Fuji Speedway's decision not to host the race in 2010.

Japan's grand prix is only one of the races under pressure for its place on the calendar as F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone looks to new markets where race organisers are prepared to pay higher fees.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8137626.stm
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Very, very sad.

Still, we can be reassured by the knowledge that the Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein admiring Mr Ecclestone has the best interests of the "sport" and fans at heart :rolleyes:


ps - I wonder if the eccentric Mr Ecclestone admires Uncle Joe :confused:
 
FOTA teams have been told by FIA official Charlie Whiting that they are not entered into the 2010 F1 World Championship.

Even after the 2010 WMSC approved F1 entry list had them on it.

As such, they have no voting rights on the rules and regulation of the sport.. so they walked out of a meeting this afternoon.

*smacks head on desk*
 
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