Loki0012 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 2010-2012 Formula One seasons The 2010 Formula One season will be the 61st Formula One season. The technical and sporting regulations applicable for this season have been, and continue to be, the subject of much debate. The reigning Driver's Champion, Jenson Button, has joined McLaren, and the reigning Constructor's Champions, Brawn GP, have been bought by Mercedes-Benz and renamed Mercedes Grand Prix. The 2010 season will see the return of the most successful driver in the sport with Michael Schumacher coming out of retirement after a three year absence.[1] Dispute over regulations and breakaway series The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) planned to introduce a budget cap to reduce costs in order to safeguard the sport during the current economic downturn. The proposal included an optional budget cap of €30 million ($45 million, £27 million), with greater technical and design freedoms allowed to teams who nominated to use it. The teams objected to what they believed to be two sets of rules within the championship and five of the teams within the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA), Ferrari, BMW Sauber, Renault, Red Bull Racing and Toro Rosso announced their intentions to withdraw from the 2010 championship.[citation needed] BMW Sauber announced on 29 July that they were withdrawing from Formula One at the end of the 2009 season.[2] Following a discussion, all ten of the FOTA teams unanimously decided to withdraw at the end of the 2009 season unless the budget cap rules were changed.[3] Williams and Force India both later submitted their own entries and were temporarily suspended from FOTA. The remaining FOTA teams all submitted conditional entries for the 2010 season before the entry list was published on June 12, which included all ten current teams and three new teams, Campos Meta 1, Virgin Racing and US F1 Team.[4] Discussions between the FIA and FOTA failed to find a resolution and the eight FOTA teams announced their intentions to form a breakaway series for 2010.[5] However after a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council on 24 June, FOTA agreed to remain in Formula One and Max Mosley agreed to not to stand for re-election in October.[6] However, on 8 July, the FOTA group of teams walked out of a meeting with the FIA about future rules.[7] FOTA were informed that they were not entered for the 2010 season and could therefore have no input on regulatory discussions.[8] It was later announced that plans for a breakaway series were still being pursued.[9] FOTA have since expressed their interest in ending the conflict by negotiating the terms of a new Concorde Agreement directly with CVC, the company that controls the commercial rights to the sport, with a resolution possibly being found in time for the Hungarian Grand Prix.[10] On 1 August it was announced that the FIA had signed the new Concorde Agreement, bringing an end to the crisis and securing the sport's future until 2012.[11] Bernie Ecclestone has repeatedly stated his belief that several of the new teams will be unable to prepare in time for 2010 due to the lack of the FIA's cost cutting plans.[12] Teams and drivers The following teams and drivers will compete in the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship:[23] McLaren -Jenson Button -Lewis Hamilton Mercedes -Nico Rosberg -Michael Schumacher Red Bull -Sebastian Vettel -Mark Webber Ferrari -Felipe Massa -Fernando Alonso Williams -Rubens Barrichello -Nico Hülkenberg Renault -Robert Kubica -TBA Force India -Adrian Sutil -Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso -Sébastien Buemi -TBA Lotus -Jarno Trulli -Heikki Kovalainen Campos -TBA -Bruno Senna US F1 -TBA -TBA Virgin -Timo Glock -Lucas Di Grassi BMW Sauber - Kamui Kobayashi -TBA New entries process The FIA announced its intention to open up the grid, aiming for a total of 14 teams. The FIA revealed that it received 15 entries from new teams (in addition to the 10 teams currently involved in Formula One) for 2010.[59] The existing F1 teams, under the FOTA organisation, are understood to have agreed a system of technical support to assist new teams.[60] This compromise proposal would involve the supply of parts and design knowledge to the new entrants, but not full customer cars, in return for which the budget cap idea was dropped. The four new teams which are included in the entry list are: * Campos Meta 1, Spanish-based GP2 team led by former racing driver Adrián Campos, who lodged an entry for his Campos Racing team in conjunction with Meta Image.[61] * Virgin Racing,[62] headed by F3 owner John Booth and former team owner Nick Wirth was an unknown entrant until the FIA published the 2010 entry list on 12 June 2009. The team was originally entered as Manor Grand Prix prior to Virgin's investment. * US F1 Team,[63][64][65] a group led by designer Ken Anderson and former Williams employee Peter Windsor.[66] * Lotus F1 Racing,[44] a partnership between the Malaysian government and a consortium of Malaysian entrepreneurs. Mike Gascoyne, whose previous Lotus entry with Litespeed was unsuccessful will be the technical director. Bye Bye Kimi! :confused: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Entered Formula One Bruno Senna will make his debut with the new Campos Meta team. Michael Schumacher will return to the sport with Mercedes GP after a 3-year hiatus. * Bruno Senna, nephew of three-time World Champion Ayrton Senna, will join Campos Meta in 2010, returning the Senna name to Formula One sixteen years after his uncle's death.[46] * Nico Hülkenberg, 2009 GP2 Series champion, will make his debut in Formula One with Williams, alongside Barrichello.[37] * Lucas Di Grassi, who placed third in the 2009 GP2 Series, will partner Timo Glock at Virgin Racing.[51] Exited Formula One * Kimi Räikkönen will be taking a one-year "sabbatical" from Formula One in 2010 after his managers confirmed that negotiations with McLaren officially came to an end.[111] On December 4, it was confirmed that Raikkonen would be joining the Citroën Junior Team in the 2010 World Rally Championship, driving a Citroën C4 WRC in twelve of the thirteen rounds of the championship.[112] Returned to Formula One * After several weeks of speculation, seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher officially joined Mercedes Grand Prix on December 23, 2009, ending a three-year hiatus from the sport.[1] Schumacher had originally intended to make a comeback with Ferrari in 2009 to stand in for the injured Felipe Massa, but a lasting injury from a motorcycle accident earlier in the year prevented him from doing so. According to Autosport,[1] the contract was not signed until he was given a clean bill of health. Schumacher had previously raced for Mercedes in the 1991 World Sportscar Championship. --------------------------------- Calendar changes * The British Grand Prix was due to move from Silverstone Circuit to Donington Park in 2010,[113] but on October 23, 2009, the owners of Donington Park admitted that plans to raise £135 million through a bond had failed.[114] After extended negotiations with Bernie Ecclstone, the organisers of the Silverstone circuit came to an agreement that will see the British Grand Prix hosted by the circuit for the next seventeen years, despite Ecclestone's earlier assertions that Siverstone would not be hosting the race again.[115] Work to the circuit for the 2010 British motorcycle Grand Prix means that the British Grand Prix may be run on the circuit's new "Arena" layout. However, Silverstone officials will wait until early in 2010 to make a decision on which circuit configuration the race will run on.[116] * The Japanese Grand Prix was due to return to Fuji Speedway for 2010, as part of a year-on-year rotation with Suzuka Circuit. However, Fuji's owners Toyota announced that they had abandoned plans for Fuji to hold the race, citing the global recession as the main reason for this.[117] Suzuka will continue to hold the event in 2010 and in 2011.[118] * The Canadian Grand Prix will return in 2010 after its one-year absence.[119] * South Korea is to make its first appearance on the F1 calendar under the name Korean Grand Prix with a race being held at the Korean International Circuit in Yeongam on October 17 (subject to the circuit's completion in time). ------------------------------------------------ Rule changes Proposed * A budget cap of £40m ($63.7m, €45.4m) was originally proposed for 2010, with teams choosing to take up the budget cap being allowed greater technical freedom, together with unlimited testing. Teams choosing not to take up the budget cap would have been able to spend freely, but with technical and testing constraints.[120] However, the budget cap idea was dropped following the political crisis in the middle of the season. Confirmed * Refuelling during the race is to be abolished for the first time since 1993.[121] Despite the resolution over the budget cap and the decision for 2010 to fall back to the 2009 rules, FOTA have expressed interest in a refuelling ban as it represents a way to cut costs.[122] * Formula One Management will offer financial support to all new teams from next season, in the form of $10m (£6.25m, €6.8m) along with the free transportation of two chassis and 10,000 kg (22,049 lbs) of freight to each race.[123] * FOTA has agreed to scrap KERS for 2010 due to poor uptake and pressure from FIA to cut costs, although KERS is not banned in the regulations.[124] * The minimum car weight will be increased from 605 kg to 620 kg (1,334 lbs to 1,367 lbs) to stop taller and heavier drivers being at a disadvantage if KERS is added to their car, which will still be allowed in 2010, despite FOTA's agreement not to use the system.[125] * The maximum number of cars allowed to take part in a race shall be increased from 24 to 26 cars.[120] * The qualifying system will change to accommodate the extra cars: 8 cars will drop out of the first qualifying session, 8 from the second and as in 2009, 10 cars will shoot-out for pole in the third session. The third session will now be run in low-fuel configuration due to the refuelling ban.[126] * Wheel covers which have been used by the teams since 2006 are also set to be banned for 2010. * The front tyres will be narrowed from 270mm to 245mm to improve the balance of grip between the front and rear. * During negotiations of a new Concorde Agreement at the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix, several details[127] emerged of cost-cutting proposals by the teams including: * Homologation of front and rear wings. * A limit on the number of aerodynamic upgrades permitted over the course of a season. * A continuation of the ban on in-season testing introduced for 2009. * Restrictions on the number of team personnel who can attend a Grand Prix weekend. * Complete closures of team factories over the mid-season summer break. * A new points system has been ratified for 2010, in response to the increased grid. Since 2003, points had been awarded to the top eight finishers: ten points for first, eight for second, six for third and all the way down to one for eighth place. The 2010 system will see 25 points for first, 20 for second, 15 for third, ten for fourth and then eight, six, five, three, two, and finally one for tenth place.[93][128] * The stewarding system will be overhauled for 2010. Rather than having a rotating line-up of stewards, they will now be drawn from a smaller, fixed pool of permanent stewards that will include former drivers.[129] This is an attempt to make the stewarding process more transparent, following recent controversies involving the stewards. * 2009 saw the teams banned from conducting any testing once the season had commenced. This will be amended for 2010, with stand-in drivers being permitted to complete one day of testing (provided they have not participated in an F1 race in the last two calendar years) at a circuit that is not on the calendar.[130] This was introduced in response to a situation arising whereby rookie drivers such as Jaime Alguersuari and Romain Grosjean were unable to physically drive a Formula One car ahead of Friday practice on their debut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki0012 Posted November 25, 2008 Author Share Posted November 25, 2008 Webber breaks leg in cycling accident :( Red Bull driver Mark Webber has suffered a broken leg after being involved in a road accident during his annual Tasmania Challenge charity event in Australia. Webber collided with a car while riding his mountain bike on Saturday’s stage near Port Arthur. Webber was attended by paramedics at the scene before being airlifted by helicopter to the Royal Hobart Hospital, where he underwent surgery to insert a pin in his right leg. He is expected to stay in hospital for around three days before beginning a rehabilitation programme. The Australian was participating in the penultimate day of the 2008 Mark Webber Pure Tasmania Challenge, a 250-kilometre endurance event that involves teams of sportsmen and women competing using mountain bikes, kayaks and trekking. "Mark's in good spirits," the event's director, Geoff Donohue, was quoted as saying by the BBC. "The broken leg is the injury, and beyond that, he's in really good shape. He has a little bit of a graze on his left forearm, but he has had full scans and everything else is clear.” The accident will almost certainly rule Webber out of any Formula One testing activity with Red Bull until the New Year, though the team expect him to be fully fit for next season's opening Grand Prix in Australia in March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifosi Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Honda poised to quit F1 -------------------------------- http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7766092.stm Honda will quit Formula One on Friday, BBC Sport understands. The Japanese company hopes to sell its team, which costs £200m a year to run, but is prepared to close the team early in 2009 if no buyer is found. Sources told BBC Sport the team were "optimistic" they would continue, but an investor had yet been found. According to the Reuters news agency, team bosses Ross Brawn and Nick Fry fear Honda could close the Brackley-based operation within weeks. According to a Reuters source, Brawn and Fry told a meeting of the Formula One Teams' Association: "They have a month to find a buyer, otherwise they are closing the team." Honda appointed Brawn, the man who masterminded seven world titles for Michael Schumacher, as their team principal prior to the start of the 2008 season. Briton Jenson Button, who drives for the Honda team, will be left unattached for the 2009 season if the team folds, though some places with mid-ranking teams remain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki0012 Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 New updates on the countdown For The F1 2009 season! 1. New f1 Models... 2. New rules... Stay tuned!! Check 1st post for updates! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petit Prince Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Honda team to return as Brawn GP The former Honda Formula One team has been saved and will contest the 2009 season as Brawn GP. Brawn was Ferrari technical director before joining Honda last season The Honda Motor Company Limited and ex-Honda boss Ross Brawn, 54, have reached agreement to preserve the team. Britain's Jenson Button and Brazilian veteran Rubens Barrichello, last year's Honda line-up, will continue to drive for the British-based team. Brawn GP will use Mercedes engines when the new F1 season starts in Australia on 29 March. Honda pulled out of F1 in December as a result of the global financial crisis, leaving the team to search desperately for a buyer. The statement, released on the new Brawn GP website, did not reveal the financial details of the buyout. Brawn, a former Ferrari technical director, said: "The past few months have been extremely challenging for the team but today's announcement is the very pleasing conclusion to the strenuous efforts that have been made to secure its future. "Firstly, it is a great shame that having worked with Honda Motor Company for so long we can no longer continue together. "I would like to thank Honda for the fantastic co-operation and support we have received throughout this process, particularly those members of the senior management who were closely involved with concluding our agreement, and for the faith they have demonstrated in myself and our team." Brawn, who joined Honda at the start of last season, added that he was delighted to retain the same driving line-up. "The vast experience and knowledge that both drivers bring to our team will prove invaluable as we aim to get up to speed in the shortest possible time to be ready for the first race of the season," he said. "In what will be their fourth season together, their experience with our team in Brackley, our systems and our engineers, will prove a real asset." He added: "I would like to express particular appreciation for the support we have received from Mercedes-Benz Motorsport, the FIA (Federation Internationale de L'Automobile), FOM (Formula One Management), Fota (Formula One Teams Association) ... and our many fans the world over. "The journey ahead will be challenging but exciting and we know we can count on their continued enthusiasm for our team and its ambitions." Hiroshi Oshima, managing officer of Honda Motor Company Limited, wished Brawn well in his new role as team owner. "Since announcing our withdrawal from Formula One racing on 5 December of last year, we have conducted various studies and discussions so that the team can continue its activities as a new team," said Oshima. "We are very pleased that we could sell the team to Ross Brawn, with whom we have been partaking in the challenges of F1 competition, and are grateful for his decision. We offer our sincerest wishes for the new team which will be led by Ross." Brawn GP will attend the remaining pre-season tests, in Barcelona starting on 9 March and Jerez starting on 15 March. With the team's survival, Formula One will start the season with 10 teams - one fewer than at the beginning of 2008 before Super Aguri folded. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7927488.stm Good news. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest howyousawtheworld Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Anyone worried about McLaren in pre season testing. Their seems to be worried over the aerodynamics after they frequently used the 2008 spec rear wing rather than the 2009 one they have to use, and when they did use it, they were well off the pace. Hmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki0012 Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 Testing has been banned I heard poor De la Rosa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zempt Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Looking forward to the new season hopefully i'll be able to attend the Singapore Grand Prix this year, missed it last year but was in the vicinity during the race itself and managed to catch some of it. Managed to meet 4 of the drivers as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki0012 Posted March 14, 2009 Author Share Posted March 14, 2009 Really?^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 F1 returns to BBC! Finally no annoying adverts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest howyousawtheworld Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Brawn GP shocker!!! Heard that Ross Brawn said in late 2008 that the car had the potential to be a frontrunner.... he's looking right at the moment. And to be honest no two drivers in f1 deserve a good car finally than JB and Barrichello. For Button this might just be the most competitive car he's ever had and Barrichello, well it'll be like racing for Ferrari before 2005! It's been a long time for them both but they've been patient and stuck around and now they might possibly have the right car underneath them again! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01362/button_1362904c.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest howyousawtheworld Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7YTwvgJr6w]YouTube - A Tribute to Damon Hill[/ame] Fairly appropriate for this website! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petit Prince Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 How shit is the new point scoring system? http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7948455.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 The new points system been dumped, which is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawberryswinger Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 The new points system been dumped, which is good. it's not good. they're not serious! you can't change rules every year like they do, you can't change rules every day! they're all stupids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Well pushed back until the 2010 season. I say accept the changes to the points to give the winner 12 points and not 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest howyousawtheworld Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Ha! It's been shown that Bernie doesn't have total power! WELL DONE FOTA! Stick to your job you twatty little nyaff which is making money for the sport, rather than being the fucking rule maker. Utter twat. The sooner that idiot goes the better. F1 is slowly being ruined by him. We're losing our classic race tracks in place of oil money spinning countries who have fuck all interest in the sport. Traitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petit Prince Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Well pushed back until the 2010 season. I say accept the changes to the points to give the winner 12 points and not 10. Yup. Just go for 12-9-7-5-4-3-2-1. Personally I'd prefer 13-9... but I don't think that's gonna happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 This year I will be mainly following the British Touring Cars, their system of flipping the grid (so if you win the race you start from the back) is great for overtaking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest howyousawtheworld Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Everyone looking forward to the BBC's coverage of F1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Hopefully it will be better than ITV and the adverts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Smut Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Hopefully I'll have a stable internet connection then. I'll shall be cheering on Messers Alonso, Massa and Jense :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki0012 Posted March 25, 2009 Author Share Posted March 25, 2009 LEts hope guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest howyousawtheworld Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 My goodness only hours away from the opening chords of The Chain!!!!! Dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum! Come on Button! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarMonkey Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 C'mon Raikkonen!!! :D hmmm...but it would be quite interesting to see how Brawn GP performs against the big boys in the actual race. quite the come back for team Honda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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