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| Searee-uslie. | So, it happened. Quote:
I personally saw this coming, there have been talks about using the same chassis for every team to build around in 2010-2011 for a few years now, and the FIA just continues to dumb the sport down more and more. Putting a cap on how much R&D they can do is just stupid. The $300M+ in R&D that teams like Ferrari, McLaren and Toyota spend have a lot to do with the cars we use every day. The minor tweaks that they can make to completely turn their season around by dancing around the rules is fun and entertaining. I'm not taking anything away from Brawn GP or Red Bull Ferrari. They have built some sweet cars, did everything right from the start. But they wouldn't have a chance if Ferrari, BMW and McLaren had more chances to test their cars. I think we're about to see each one of these teams show why they have been where they have been for so long... on top. Cliff Notes: I don't like "making it a driver's sport". If I was looking for that, I would watch WRC (Which I do watch as well), Formula 1 is a technician's sport. Don't take that away from them.
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| Elite Moderator Car: '00RS+'04FXT Fav Mod: Supercharger Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: SA-TX (Hoser Expat) Trader Rating: (3) Posts: 5,346
| ^ tend to agree with you. F1 is the place for uber-technical stuff! They shouldn't stifle that. I like trying to make it as level a field as they can to keep the competition up, but at what cost?
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| Premium Member | Ferrari hasn't pulled out of F1 yet as a ruling on the budget cap hasn't been official decided on. I don't think there should be two tiers but they should have a budget cap on things outside of testing, technical freedom and such.
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| Premium Member | Quote:
Also, you had me searching everywhere to see if anything came out about Ferrari since you said they announced their retirement. ![]()
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| Searee-uslie. | Quote:
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| Premium Member | Quote:
I didn't read the whole sentence before I went to look.Reading > me
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| It's not a GC Car: 07 WRX Wag0nz Fav Mod: VF48 installz My: Subaru Parts Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Anaheim, CA Trader Rating: (5) Posts: 9,318
| This whole FIA thing it's really pissing me off. I can see where they are trying to add the reduction of costs I see where they are coming from, but this is F1 we are talking about, I already see (of course nothing is etched in stone yet) this will turn out to be like the whole IRL and Cart fiasgo of the late 90's, I hope it doesn't turn into that. I wonder what Ecclestone things about this whole thing, wonder if he is pro ( I would assume he is) or against it.
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| Voted Most Annoying Car: 05 Black OBS "WTF ~ Two Tone?" Fav Mod: Delta 2000 Cams ~ SWEEET! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: 'Baja Oregon' Trader Rating: (2) Posts: 6,214
| Beyond a doubt it is time for Bernie and Max to move to the tropics with a couple of expensive whores with whips. There are no larger egos on the planet then these two and the regs they have handed out in the last 5 years (with the exception of 'Knock Out Qualifying') makes a good case for dementia! If MBZ joins them ~ mark my words... Bernie and Max are history!
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| Intersting Man Car: 2001 RS Silverthorn My: Subaru Parts Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: OOOOhhhhtah Trader Rating: (3) Posts: 956
| It wont happen. They are all threats, they wont go through
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