Formula 1 2010 Season Thread

[Guest Medic]

They are right though, Max Mosley is a f*ck*ng c*nt. Beg he goes back to his Nazi orgies.

[The King]

Agree totally. f*ck capping Formula 1.

[MrJibbles]

Toyota have also said they won't race in 2010 if this goes ahead.I don't blame them, it would create a two-tier championship which we don't want to see, it could well create chaos and this is just the start. Talk of the championship being decided on most wins is bullshit, imagine this scenario Massa is on 75 points but Button wins more races and has less points, talk about confusing. Find it unfair also.FIA need to back off and remember this is the elite of motor racing, the top drivers in the world, capping does not help, it would drive (pardon the pun) away from F1. The past 2-3 seasons and this season so far have been really enjoyable! All be it we have these non stop stewards enquirers, but all in all the racing has been top notch.f*ck Max trying to change things that don't need it.If it isn't broke don't try to fix it.

[Guest Swiftie]

*Remembers the last time Ferari threatened to pull out*FIA are a joke. Once the pressure is applied they'll be backin dwn like the bitches they are.

[Dynamau5]

Add renault to that list, just said there gone if it happens

[The King]

Surely there is no way these rules will come into place.

[macz]

Been slipping this year, missed every race

[MrJibbles]

Add renault to that list, just said there gone if it happens

And Red Bull so that's 2 teams.

[The King]

So who do we have left?McLaren,Williams,BMW,Force IndiaBrawnIs that it?

[MrJibbles]

Maybe yeah, I heard McLaren might pull out also.

[The King]

lol. This is a joke.

[Davicious X]

This year is mad topsy turvy for F1, new the year was gonna be f*cked when Button was winning races, now look at the f*ckries.Just cant take in this "sport" anymore

[The King]

Lola joining next year because of the budget cap and Mercedes say they will be staying in F1.

[MrJibbles]

The crisis in Formula One intensified yesterday when it emerged that Ferrari have initiated legal action in the French courts to try to stop rule changes, including a budget cap, to which they are opposed.The development came as the teams met Max Mosley, the president of the FIA, and Bernie Ecclestone, the sport’s commercial rights-holder, at Heathrow airport for what was being seen as a critical meeting to try to stave off a growing boycott of next season’s championship by the teams.No agreement was reached but Mosley characterised the discussions as “friendly” and added that the FIA was not prepared to back down over its plans for a £40 million budget cap for next season or the deadline of May 29 for entries for 2010.“It was quite a friendly meeting but, in the end, all that happened was that the teams have gone off to see if they can come up with something better than the cost cap,” Mosley said. “We explained we cannot put back the entry date, as this has all been published, and we cannot disadvantage the potential new teams who will come in. But we are prepared to listen to whatever they have to say.” Continue

Expect things to heat up in Monaco next weekend.

[MrJibbles]

Well looks like Rome might have an F1 race in 2012.http://romaformulafuturo.com/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/05/13/2012...#comment-256768

[The King]

1.Barrichello2.Massa3.Hamilton4.Kovalainenin 1st practice at Monaco.

[MrJibbles]

Hamilton with a strong 2nd practice performance.Rosberg quickest in P2.

[The King]

Rosberg quickest again?! Really needs to start performing over an entire weekend.

[MrJibbles]

The Formula 1 teams have all threatened to pull out of next season's world championship unless the proposed £40m budget cap is scrapped.The F1 team bosses discussed how to reach a compromise with Max Mosley, president of governing body the FIA."We will not enter the championship with these rules and with this governance," said Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo,The team bosses have entered a second meeting, with Mosley in attendance.The teams' umbrella group Fota met on Friday afternoon in an attempt to agree a common position from which to negotiate with Mosley.Di Montezemolo, who is the chairman of Fota, said as he emerged from the meeting: "I can say that it was, as always, a very constructive and useful meeting between the teams."Fota is now an organisation with a common view."We have to discuss about the possibility to change the situation in a constructive way, but in a very clear way, because we want Formula 1 - we don't want something different."Di Montezemolo did not elaborate on what Fota's position might be.The teams had entered the meeting expressing differing views about the way forward for F1 - and their dispute with the FIA still threatens to rip the sport apart.Mosley says a budget cap is necessary to safeguard the future of the sport in the global financial crisis.He says that it is likely that two further road-car manufacturers will quit the sport at the end of the season, following the decision of Honda, which pulled out last December.Mosley argues that without a dramatic reduction in costs, smaller teams who wish to enter F1 will not able to afford it.All the teams are agreed on the need to cut costs, but not on how best to do it - with some supporting a cap, although not necessarily at the level Mosley has set, and Ferrari implacably opposed to it.It has also emerged in the last week that Ferrari and the FIA had signed an agreement four years ago that gave them the right of veto over the sport's rules.Ferrari say Mosley's rule changes contravene that agreement, an argument which the FIA president disputes.Meanwhile, F1 commercial boss Bernie Ecclestone had this week in Monaco threatened to take legal action against Ferrari if they go through with their threat to quit at the end of the season.He says that would be in contravention of a contract that commits them to F1 until 2012. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport...one/8064314.stm

[MrJibbles]

Button on pole again.Lewis down in 16thhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport...lts/7921036.stm

[Badman]

lol pissed at the dude starting from the pits

[Sinister]

Hate this race cos usually there aren't any great overtaking moments.Brawn did what they had to, to win.

[MrJibbles]

Ferrari and the rest of the teams in the Formula 1 Teams' Association (Fota) have submitted conditional entries for the 2010 championship.Williams announced on Monday that they intend to enter next season's campaign.McLaren, BMW Sauber, Toyota, Renault, Red Bull Racing, Toro Rosso, Brawn GP and Force India have now followed suit.However, the teams have only signed up to the new season on the condition that they are able to operate on the basis of current technical regulations.The teams and the sport's governing body, the FIA, have been at odds in recent weeks over plans to introduce an optional budget cap in 2010. The teams have tried to meet (FIA president) Max Mosley halfway on this one - it remains to be seen now if he agrees to their termsBBC Five Live's F1 commentator David CroftThose teams who pledged to keep costs under £40m a season would be allowed greater technical freedom than those outside of the budget cap, but many of the teams felt the cap was far too strict, fearing it would create a two-tier championship.Ferrari, Renault, Red Bull and Toyota all threatened to pull out of the sport if the budgetary restrictions were to be forced through.It prompted a crisis meeting between Fota and the FIA a fortnight ago, talks which failed initially to provide an acceptable compromise.But at a meeting at the Monaco Grand Prix last week, it was agreed in principle to delay the cap until 2011, while motorsport boss Max Mosley has made other concessions to the teams on governance.And it appears enough progress has now been made on that to convince teams to sign up to the new season - on the condition that a new financial agreement with F1's management is reached by 12 June. 606: DEBATEStill think the FIA will knock one of the big teams out of the championship next season. I think Toyota could be the one's that get refused entryHammydigrassi"It could be the end (of the budget cap row) but we won't know for certain until the FIA publish its list of accepted teams and drivers for the 2010 championship on 12 June," reported BBC Five Live's F1 commentator David Croft."At the moment, it's the current 10 teams plus Prodrive, USF1 and the Campos team from Spain. Those teams will be offered technical assistance from the current entrants who, in return for that, want a sliding scale of cost-cutting."That means instead of a £40m cap next year, say a spend of around £80m that reduces to somewhere around £40m by 2011."The teams have tried to meet Max Mosley halfway on this one - it remains to be seen now if he agrees to their terms."A statement on behalf of Fota said: "Fota confirms all its members' long-term commitment to be involved in the FIA Formula 1 World Championship."It has unanimously agreed further and significant actions to substantially reduce the costs of competing in the championship in the next three years."The FIA now has until 12 June to confirm its intentions.Toyota Motorsport boss, and Fota vice-chairman John Howett, whose team has long been rumoured to be quitting F1 at the end of the year, said: "We await a response from the Federation."