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Game Forum / Simulators / Car Simulators / October 2004Formula 1
Four top carmakers plan to split from Formula One and launch a rival open-wheel Grand Prix racing series by 2008. http://www.thatsracin.com/mld/thatsracin/10018382.htm > Four top carmakers plan to split from Formula One and launch a rival > open-wheel Grand Prix racing series by 2008. Because it worked out so well for Indycars. Don McCorkle Did Indycars have a Bernie Ecclestone to 'get away' from. Andi.  SignatureRemove only one zero to reply > > Four top carmakers plan to split from Formula One and launch a rival > > open-wheel Grand Prix racing series by 2008. > > Because it worked out so well for Indycars. > > Don McCorkle > Did Indycars have a Bernie Ecclestone to 'get away' from. > > Andi. Well, . . . Dave H, . . . are you going to tell him ? ;o) Elrikk "elrikk" <elrikk@videotron.ca> wrote in news:I1Ofd.119222$vi5.2164951 @weber.videotron.net: > Well, . . . Dave H, . . . are you going to tell him ? ;o) > > Elrikk yup!!! :> "Andi Cole" <andi@eloc00.co.uk> wrote in news:417f9e48$0$80681 $ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net: > Did Indycars have a Bernie Ecclestone to 'get away' from. > > Andi. a breathern at least... dave henrie > > Four top carmakers plan to split from Formula One and launch a rival > > open-wheel Grand Prix racing series by 2008. > > Because it worked out so well for Indycars. > > Don McCorkle Except that nobody in Indycars has the weight that Ferrari does in F1. I'd suspect that wherever Ferrari goes will be considered the real Grand Prix championship. I bet the only reason Toyota hasn't signed on is they hope they'll finally get a Formula 1 constructors title after spending all that money ;). Kendt BTW - WTF is up with the upcoming WRC rules? I'd think those changes are even more underhanded and arbitrary than anything done in F1 lately. The FIA certainly seems ready for a major shakeup. What about the new FIA rules? Two tires all weekend, reduced displacement, aero package changes. Pretty drastic eh? Are they doing this to increase competition, reduce costs, safety or maybe all of the above? Mitch "Kendt Eklund" <eventerke@hotmail.com> wrote in message > BTW - WTF is up with the upcoming WRC rules? I'd think those changes > are even more underhanded and arbitrary than anything done in F1 > lately. The FIA certainly seems ready for a major shakeup. > What about the new FIA rules? Two tires all weekend, reduced > displacement, aero package changes. Pretty drastic eh? Are they > doing this to increase competition, reduce costs, safety or maybe all > of the above? They're not going the whole hog for next year AND the measures which are being taken will only really benifit the big teams. Ferrari/Williams/McLaren stand to save money to the tune of Minardi or Jordan's annual budget, but the lesser teams will, in comparison, save less and see their ability to gain competitiveness reduced even further. Also there is no doubt the major players will find other motorsports willing to create loopholes for them to test F1 technology there and thus gain as much tracktime as they want. That said, F1 teams are spending rediculous amounts of money on stuff that doesn't improve the racing from a spectator point of view and which cannot be adapted for road car use, thus bypassing F1's historical reason for being (the current one being marketing and "image"). Something has got to be done before the balloon deflates totally and this is an attempt at doing so. Jan. =--- > That said, F1 teams are spending rediculous amounts of money on stuff > that doesn't improve the racing from a spectator point of view and [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Jan. Does not the Enzo come stuffed with F1 tech? dave henrie "Dave Henrie" wrote... >> <snip> > > Does not the Enzo come stuffed with F1 tech? And how many Enzos do you think will ever get driven on public roads? Jan. =--- > And how many Enzos do you think will ever get driven on public roads? > > Jan. A better question might be...of those Enzos that DO see the public roads, how many will end up in the ditch? :) dave henrie > What about the new FIA rules? Two tires all weekend, reduced displacement, > aero package changes. Pretty drastic eh? Are they doing this to increase > competition, reduce costs, safety or maybe all of the above? > > Mitch I was talking about the way they just delivered them to the teams in a letter at one of the rounds. They also said (although this may have changed, correct me if I'm wrong) that all teams had to go to transverse-mounted inline 4cyl - which screws Subaru for no good reason I can think of. Kendt I thought they were trying to make it like 1968 where the drivers were the ones that won races and not technology. In those days they used one set of tires for more than one race. Then again, what do I know? > What about the new FIA rules? Two tires all weekend, reduced > displacement, aero package changes. Pretty drastic eh? Are they doing [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> are even more underhanded and arbitrary than anything done in F1 >> lately. The FIA certainly seems ready for a major shakeup. > Four top carmakers plan to split from Formula One and launch a rival > open-wheel Grand Prix racing series by 2008. > > http://www.thatsracin.com/mld/thatsracin/10018382.htm Cool. Just what is needed; two series without racing. Maybe we can then be able to get a licensed Grand Prix racing game back onto the PC! Granting Sony sole rights to the games was a joke! They've had the exclusive Formula One license for 1 or 2 seasons now and how many sims have you seen? > Four top carmakers plan to split from Formula One and launch a rival > open-wheel Grand Prix racing series by 2008. > > http://www.thatsracin.com/mld/thatsracin/10018382.htm > Maybe we can then be able to get a licensed Grand Prix racing game > back onto the PC! Granting Sony sole rights to the games was a joke! > They've had the exclusive Formula One license for 1 or 2 seasons now > and how many sims have you seen? What's the point? We've had Crammond's GP series and the ISI series up to this year. With the exception of the qualifying rules, you pretty much already HAVE a modern F1 sim. I'm not missing it any and I watch F1 every Sunday it's on, often at 4:30 am due to my West Coast location. dave henrie |
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