F1 2008 cost cutting regulations

stever

A freeze on engine technology
For the 2008, 2009 and 2010 seasons, teams will only be allowed to use one engine design, which must be submitted to the FIA for homologation no later than June 1 this year. Subsequent changes will only be permitted with agreement of the FIA and all other engine suppliers.

single tyre supplier

Two race engines and four-race gearboxes with weight penalties of 15kg for gearbox changes instead of a 10 place grid drop.

Spare cars will be banned

Testing outside races will be limited to 30,000 km per year.

At races, parc ferme conditions will be extended to run from 18.30 on Friday evening until the start of the race.

The entry fee is to be reduced to €300,000 for new teams.



From formula1.com

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stever wrote:

A freeze on engine technology
For the 2008, 2009 and 2010 seasons, teams will only be allowed to use one engine design, which must be submitted to the FIA for homologation no later than June 1 this year

Thats terrible, so if a team messes it up its stuck with a dodgy engine for three years? Wont this just mean were gonna have the exact same good,mediocre and bad teams for three years instead of the order changing?

Edwardius

Looks like the cost cutting measures have gone a bit far with the engine design and f1 risks becoming some sort of one make series. As well as being moving advertising boards, F1 cars are representative of the pinnacle of four wheeled vehicle engineering and it won't do if, within three or four years, sportscars or whatever surpass F1 engine technology and key people start to filter out of the sport (ok, unlikely, I know). I think it's probably better to inflict punishing restrictions and see what ingenius solutions the technical boffins come up with than to kill off the need for an engine designer. It's a bit of a shame to see this now, especially when the remaining teams were allegedly about to agree to stick with F1.

endplate

It's rubbish I can't see the team principles agreeing with it. If you have a underpowered or unreliable engine what are you supposed to do.

The new entry fee is a step in the right direction in attracting other teams. But will it attract good competion or just trash

Blaster99

Perhaps it's a freeze of engine architecture as opposed to implementation so manufacturers can tweak the engines within certain parameters.

It seems for F1 to work for privateers it needs to be possible to run a team competitively for about $80-100m a year. Then you'll get the likes of Prodrive and some of the American teams involved.