There could be a new formula championship next year as 8 teams threaten to leave the current F1 championship the reduction in costs row. Although F1 teams agree in principle that there needs to be a reduction in costs, many believe that the suggested amounts are too extreme and conflict with what Formula One racing is all about.
Many teams now employ hundreds of staff for the development of their racing cars the forced reductions could mean redundancies for them. Car manufacturer’s team owners, tend to use the development of their racing cars to help with their productions cars, like Ferrari and so could lose any technical developments that keep them ahead as a car maker.
The bottom line is, 8 teams do not agree even after weeks of talking and have now sent a very strong message to the FIA, either increase our budgets or we move on and create their own championship with cheaper tickets and more transparency. With teams like Ferrari and Mclaren moving on, you can’t help feeling that the fans will also.
The fans are yet to see if these are just threats or real goals, as a new championship could take considerable time to put together, especially as many if not all race tracks have agreed races for 2010, these clearly may not be able to stage a second event, or may lose considerable takings from fans not sure which championship to follow.
The timing will hit UK hardest as it as day before the last ever Silverstone Grand Prix practise of which plans to be a stunner with Jenson Button ready to do it for the Brits
You wouldn’t dare write in within a Hollywood script because no one would believe it. 5 months ago a driver about to be made redundant, today a winner of 6 races out of 7, just amazing. It makes you wonder just how anyone can catch him, even if he stopped winning races, the competition would have to win all theirs and for Jenson Button (who we are speaking about by the way) not to finish.
Lewis at the back, who finished 13th is going through a huge learning curve. He has been so used being on winning teams, even before he came into F1. It is a testament that motoring racing is not just about the skill of the driver it is about the machinery below him and the team around. If there is a break in any one part of the chain, you go from hero to zero. Lewis’s success will not be based around the ability to help the team improve and get through this difficult time. Of course he could consider moving teams.
Ross Brawn however must now be thinking that that pay cut assigned to Jenson Button may have been a bit premature and a new contract should be looked at, although Jenson have proved loyal to Honda and you can’t see him not wanting to win anymore by moving teams.
Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettell was not happy with his strategy, based on tha fact Red Bull pretty much knew half way through the Grand Prix that Mark Webbers (team mate) strategy was better than his. As Sebastian had started on pole, he did feel a bit let down especially when Mark Webber finished in front of him.
Even though Jenson is running away with the title challenge, it is still turning out to be a great F1 motoring season, the next race is Silverstone and I can’t wait.