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stuartpengs
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:00 pm Posts: 300 Location: In the night garden.
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Renault have followed Ferrari's lead. These regulation changes are dead in the water, abort them now. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/5/9351.html (pretty much as I guessed) It just goes to show, it isn't just the big money teams that don't want these regs.
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Wed May 13, 2009 1:05 pm |
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Geiseric
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:35 pm Posts: 1657 Location: Ipswich
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Renault now..wtf
Ferrari Toyota, Red Bull and now Renault, happy days.
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Wed May 13, 2009 1:40 pm |
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steve74
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At this rate, they'll only be Force India on the grid next year!
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Wed May 13, 2009 4:26 pm |
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Geiseric
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I feel a break away on the horizon........
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Thu May 14, 2009 8:06 am |
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stuartpengs
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Nope, can't see it myself. Again it dilutes F1 into two lesser formula, no one wants that.
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Thu May 14, 2009 10:08 pm |
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veato
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:17 am Posts: 5550 Location: Nottingham
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All this two-tier stuff is a load of crap tbh. F1 has always been unofficially two-tier with teams like Ferarri, McLaren, etc at the front and the other guys chasing them. Has it ever been on an even keel?
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Fri May 15, 2009 11:13 am |
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stuartpengs
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Well, the opportunities have always been equal. Mclaren and Ferrari may have been the leading teams for the last few years, though before them it was Williams, and recently Renault have been constructors champions and drivers champions, and who is the leading team at the moment? Brawn, closely followed be Red Bull. Unless you mean "two tier" as in those who win and those who don't? Though you can apply that to any form of sport. The difference with the proposed reg changes is it WILL be two tier, the regulations actually confirm it. So, in short, no it hasn't traditionally been a two tier championship.
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Fri May 15, 2009 11:28 am |
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veato
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No I mean two tier as in historically Ferarri, McLaren, Williams, Renault have taken the vast majority of wins. This leaves everyone else chasing the pack. This is almost two tier in itself.
Its only this year Brawn and Red Bull have pulled something out of the bag and upset the usual suspects at the front of the grid.
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Fri May 15, 2009 1:05 pm |
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l3v1ck
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am Posts: 12700 Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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I think all the teams should stick two fingers up at Mosley and Ecclestone and form their own race league. Formula A anyone? Run by the teams, for the teams.
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Fri May 15, 2009 4:48 pm |
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AlunD
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An update http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8049816.stmF1 supremo Ecclestone reported a more positive outlook, claiming it had been agreed that all the teams should run under one set of regulations - ending fears of a two-tier championship.
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Fri May 15, 2009 4:54 pm |
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stuartpengs
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Well it's fair to say that hte budget cap is dead in the water, and thank god too. Now, if teams want to compete on an equal footing they need to concentrate on where it is they are lagging behind. As I've pointed out it isn't always on the money.
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Fri May 15, 2009 9:38 pm |
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KindaWobbly
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I'm afraid that's far from certain at the moment. As an aside, here's something that someone said awhile back that's fairly pertinent to the current problem: The source? Max Mosley circa 1991...
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Sat May 16, 2009 2:15 am |
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stuartpengs
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This is where it starts to get complicated. Ferrari and Renault have both said they will pull out of F1 if the changes go ahead, while Lola F1 have said they will submit an entry for the 2010 season if the changes are brought in. I don't know how this is going to pan out, but the FIA need to decide, and sharpish.
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Sat May 16, 2009 10:27 am |
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RedFlames
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Update: Ferrari's court case has been dismissed link
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Wed May 20, 2009 1:49 pm |
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