Many changes for the 2008 season
The FIA comes up with a plan

The FIA announced today the regulation changes that it wants to introduce in time for the 2008 Formula One championship.
To reduce costs in Formula One, the FIA is planning to introduce a new set of technical regulations to achieve this goal.

In a statement, the FIA revealed the following information:

It was agreed that the main objectives of the 2008 Formula One Technical Regulations should be to reduce drastically the cost of competing and to change the aerodynamic characteristics of the cars so as to make it easier to overtake without increasing cornering speeds.

Detailed regulations will be finalised in the week commencing 19 December and will include:

- A standard Electronic Control Unit
- Long life engines
- Long life gearboxes
- A single tyre supplier
- Restrictions on the ability of the teams to change their aerodynamics during the season
- Rev-limited engines
- and other measures

With such a radical approach, the FIA will surely have a lot of feedback from the teams and will probably fuel the Grand Prix Manufacturers Association (GPMA) members’ motivation to create a separate championship series.


Source: http://f1.racing-live.com/f1/en/index.html?http://f1.racing-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/051209230624.shtml

Sounds good.
The problem with F1 last year was that there wasn't enough overtaking etc. The overtaking thing and the Aerodynamics should change that.

i wonder if ferrari will agree to the single tyre supplier 'yeah but no but yeah but now we won't give up our paid for testing'

The important thing with the tyre issue is wich company will supply those tyres, Michellin, Bridgestone or maybe someone else...based on the 2005 lineup I would say Michellin because this year just Minardi, Ferrari and Jordan were not equiped with Micellin tyres but next year Williams and Toyota will be using Bridestone tyres, having as a result 5 teams with french tyres and 5 teams with japanese tyres.
I would say that from now on there will be a kind of "tyre war" to see who keeps the contract as the only tyre suplyer for 2008.

can we just like *** the new regulations?

best regulations were in the schumacher era... basically anything goesss.. 1998,1999,2000,

seriously wtfffffffffffffffff????????????????????? ??? just go back to basics.let the teams compete. let the teams themselves be the limit. this is bullschiet. its like saying u cant run this fast in soccer. u gotta be slower. and the cleats have to be at least half a pound. and the teams cannot supply water to the players.

BULLSCHIETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

You have a good point there Erind. Yes they probalby need to reduce the costs so it would be easier to new teams to enter Formula 1 and also be a bit more competitive, mostly between the "small" teams. But what is the COST of reducing costs, get back to the 80's settings?...
Formula 1 is supposed to look forward, to innovate, to be ahead of other kind of motorsport in terms of technology and developement.

You have a good point there Erind. Yes they probalby need to reduce the costs so it would be easier to new teams to enter Formula 1 and also be a bit more competitive, mostly between the "small" teams. But what is the COST of reducing costs, get back to the 80's settings?...
Formula 1 is supposed to look forward, to innovate, to be ahead of other kind of motorsport in terms of technology and developement.

Motorsports hasent been innovative in decades.

An old civic is more advanced than a nascar.

It has power steering, power brakes, computer controlled engines, electronic stability, anti-lock brakes, and a whole lot of other stuff.

Formula 1 is a little better, but its still not even equal to today's family sedans.

How can automotive technology improve if they literally rule out advances.

Motorsports hasent been innovative in decades.

An old civic is more advanced than a nascar.

It has power steering, power brakes, computer controlled engines, electronic stability, anti-lock brakes, and a whole lot of other stuff.

Formula 1 is a little better, but its still not even equal to today's family sedans.

How can automotive technology improve if they literally rule out advances.

you're right. F1 doesn't have dvd's, huge subwoofers, sunroofs, keyless entry, cd player. bla bla bla bla bla bla bla...


nascar=pos.

make it fair on the small teams? if they can participate in f1, then they have enough money to make it through, and win.

consider nba pros vs college/highschool. from college to pro is a HUGE STEP, then from pro to pro is not such a big thing. not too big of a difference. same with f1 teams. if they made it in the f1, they have enough money to make it to the top. its not a matter of if teams other than williams, mclaren, ferrari will shine, its a matter of when. (renault doesn't count. stupid regulations.)

you're right. F1 doesn't have dvd's, huge subwoofers, sunroofs, keyless entry, cd player. bla bla bla bla bla bla bla...


nascar=pos.



Why would a race car need extra weight that serves no purpose ?

I was talking about all the systems that improve performance, handling and braking. [-X

FIA still doesn't get it...

I'll take one example:
- Restrictions on the ability of the teams to change their aerodynamics during the season

WHY!?!?! That wast the best thing F1 had left, all the little flaps and gurney's every where on the car just to improve aerodynamics. In the Netherlands, the preview for F1, there was a 15 minute part, where one of the presentators went to every team to look at new parts. That was great, but now it won't be interesting anymore...

The important thing with the tyre issue is wich company will supply those tyres, Michellin, Bridgestone or maybe someone else...based on the 2005 lineup I would say Michellin because this year just Minardi, Ferrari and Jordan were not equiped with Micellin tyres but next year Williams and Toyota will be using Bridestone tyres, having as a result 5 teams with french tyres and 5 teams with japanese tyres.
I would say that from now on there will be a kind of "tyre war" to see who keeps the contract as the only tyre suplyer for 2008.

No there wont, Michelin announced that if that rule will come through, they will quit. So that leaves Bridgestone as tyre supplier

:( :(:(:(:(:(:(:(:( formula ones never gona be as good as it used to be that is really upsetting

Why would a race car need extra weight that serves no purpose ?

I was talking about all the systems that improve performance, handling and braking. [-X

I was being sarcastic. I meant that other than that stupid stuff, a f1 car is an amazing piece of machinery, designed for onething, to perform on a track. its not to look good, be comfortable, sleep in, enjoy the drive...

maybe you didn't know, but everything on a f1 car is functional to make the car perform better. AC, TV's, Subwoofers and whatnot don't make a car perform better. You were the one to compare a family sedan to a racing car.

AERODYNAMICS were effected last season indirectly. Although they had no direct rules on aerodynamics, they sort of put a ceiling on aerodynamics and downforce. The tires cannot wear out as fast, meanins less down pressure, less grip, less speed on corners, etc etc. So, in order to keep the tires last longer, f1 teams made significant changes to the design of the car.

Interesting new rules.I'm looking forward to it.I too thinks that Michellin will be the solo distributer.

I like it. I think this will make F1 interesting to watch.