Cost Cap

 The former FIA president Max Mosley have said that " F1 is not a fair competiton anymore." to BBC Radio 5 live. His comment was based on the withdrawl of Marrusia and Caterham from US Grand Prix due to the financial problem. During his term, he tried to set cost cap, which limits the amount of money that the teams are allowed to spend, to balance between the rich teams and the poor teams. Small teams suffering from debt are fundamentally swayed with their existence on circuits. But it was turned down because of the oppose of Ferrari and some powerful teams.
 F1 earns revenue of $1.5 billion a year. But this massive amount of money is distributed disproportionatedly to small teams, who earnestly needs more funding than the giants. More than half is taken by CVC, the owner of this motorsport, and few big teams are given 3 to 8 times more than the smallest two teams. The gap between the rich and the poor is getting bigger and bigger.

 Covering up the situation, are you consent with the cost cap remedy? If you are, what could be other ways to rescue small teams? If not, why are you against it?






< References >
http://www.tsmplug.com/f1/formula-1-prize-money/
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/29789233
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/financial-troubles-dogging-f1-american-race-26611828

TEAMS , DRIVERS, TITLES and TIME IN F1

TEAMS, DRIVERS, TITLES, TIME IN F1

MERCEDES: 

- Nico Rosberg, Lewis Hamilton

- 1 constructors title won in 2014

- First year in F1

RED BULL RACING:

-Sebastien Vettel, Daniel Ricciardo

- 4 constructors tittles

- in F1 since 2005

WILLIAMS:

- Felippe Massa, Valteri Bottas

- 9 constructors tittles

- In f1 since 1977

FERRARI:

- Kimi Raikonnen, Fernando Alonso

- 16 constructors titles

- In f1 since 1950

MCLAREN:

- Jenson Button, Kevin Magnussen

- 8 constructors titles

- In f1 since 1966

FORCE INDIA:

- Nico Hulkenberg, Sergio Perez

- 0 constructors titles

- In f1 since 2008

TORRO ROSSO:

- Jean Enric-vegne, Daniil Kvyat

- 0 constructors titles

- In f1 since 2006

LOTUS:

- Romain Grosjean, Pastor Maldonado

- 7 constructors titles

- latest debut 2012 they had been in the f1 back in time

MARUSSIA:

- Jules Bianchi, Max Chilton

- 0 constructors titles 

- In f1 since 2012

SAUBER:

- Adrian Sutil, Esteban Gutierrez

- 0 constructors titles

- In f1 since 1993

CATERHAM:

- Marcus Ericsson, Kamui Kobayashi

- 0 constructors titles

- In f1 since 2012

What would you do to increase the competition between the teams? Who Is your favourite driver?

(published by MVJ21)

Driving? Engineering?

  F1 cars are the integrations of the most advanced level of technology than any other sports in the world. The state-of-art technology cars are closer to an aircraft, rather than a car. As a result, the performance of the game considerably depends on the engineers, who make and maintain the craft. They even intervene the way drivers drive during the competitions. F1 has contributed to the advance of modern science by keep improving their driving machines. However, it has reached to an extent that the result of the game is controlled by the performance of the vehicles and engineers than mainly the driver’s own capacity itself. Is it okay to elevate the level of reliance on technologies by upgrading the cars? If so, doesn’t it might dilute the “sports identity” of the race? Or do you think that it is just a transition due to the stream of the times? Will F1 remain as a driving competition or will be a engineering competiton?

Watch this Ferrari's Pit Stop in 2013 Melbourne GP!

< Reference Materials >

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtsriQiL4p8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t-4jLOt58c

The F1 races in 2014

This are the 19 races of Formula 1

16 march 2014 Australia (Melbourne), winner: Nico Rosberg 

30 march 2014 Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), winner: Lewis Hamilton

06 april 2014 Bahrain (Sakhir), winner: Lewis Hamilton

20 april 2014 China (Shanghai), winner: Lewis Hamilton 

09 may 2014 Spain (Barcelona), winner: Lewis Hamilton 

22 may 2014 Monaco (Monte Carlo), winner: Nico Rosberg

06 june 2014 Canada (Montreal), winner: Daniel Riccardo

20 june 2014 Austria (Spielberg), winner: Nico Rosberg

04 july 2014 UK (Silverstone), winner: Lewis Hamilton 

18 july 2014 Germany (Hockenheim), winner: Nico Rosberg

25 july 2014 Hungary (Budapest), winner: Daniel Riccardo

22 august 2014 Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps), winner: Daniel Riccardo

05 september 2014 Italy (Monza), winner: Lewis Hamilton 

19 september 2014 Singapore (Singapore), winner: Lewis Hamilton 

03 october 2014 Japan (Suzuka), winner: Lewis Hamilton

10 october 2014 Russia (Sochi), winner: Lewis Hamilton

31 october 2014 USA (Austin), winner: -

07 november 2014 Brasil (Sao Paulo), winner: -

21 november 2014 Abu Dhabi (Yas Marina), winner: -

Question for F1 fans:

Who do you think will win the World cup? Which race would you eliminate from the list of 2014 and which country/track would you add instead?

(published by MVJ21)

F1 Sound Change 2013/14

Since always the sound of each vehicle is as important as every aspect of it. For example the unique classic sound of a Ferrari or a Harley Davidson. F1's 2012/13 season were using V8 engines, which made a very distinguished sound.This new season (2013/14) F1's started to use V6 Turbo engines. Not only the engine change, but the sound with it. This engine change was due to these 3 reasons: more power, less fuel consumer and more environmental friendly. However, the sound of these was what made anyone who attended to the track get goose bumps.

The real F1 fans who used to attend to each alive race, aren't very happy about it. Do you think the F1 is loosing its identity because of the sound change? Or should we care more about the environment?

Video comparing both sounds:

Changes in Formula 1 Safety (posted by M.V.J 21)

Changes in Formula 1 Safety,

It has always been a major issue for the formula one teams and the people in the world of formula 1 but now it has become a major issue after the latest crash in the grand prix of japan (Suzuka), the driver who crashed is Jules Bianchi driving for team Marrusia (this f1 team has had other bad crashes which questioned them) the crash occurred in a corner which was wet because of the rain which reduced the visibility of the driver and one lap before there had been a crash, that car was being removed from the track with a crane this crane should have been standing behind the tyre wall but it was standing in front of the tyre wall, Jules Bianchi crashed into the crane and the tyre wall. Jules bianchi crashed into the crane at a high speed and totally out of control he crashed under the crane and hited the tyre wall this cause severe damage to his car and to Jules Bianchi, still in the hospital in a critical but stable situation with brain injuries the worst brain injury that can be caused to the human brain.

This crash is now under investigation by the FIA and team leaders, formula 1 has been shocked by this latest crash, questions which appeared after the crash are: why wasn’t their a safety car? Why was the crane inside the track? Why were the stewards waving green flags instead of yellow flags? Why wasn’t the race stopped because of the bad weather conditions? Who is responsible for the crash?

All this is relevant for the investigation of the crash but furthermore the problem is what has to change to avoid this type of crashes?

In my opinion they must change the position of the driver in the car and create a F1 car with a closed cockpit, to avoid that the pilot is the first one to hit an object when they have a crash or maybe increase the distance between the nose of the car and the drivers cockpit. This is not a new issue which concerns the FIA and the Formula one teams but now they must change something to avoid this crashes and damage to the driver.

What would you change would you apply to the formula 1 car if you were the FIA?

Video of Jules Bianchi at the Japan Grand Prix:

Are F1 ticket prices are reasonable?

 F1 is famous for expensive ticket pricing. Grandstand, which takes up the majority of the seats, starts at 460 euros ( price taken from Abu Dahbi Gran Prix ). Some professionals insist that ticket prices should be reduced to cope with poor spectator attendance in major Grand Prix competitions, reasoning that the Montreal Grand Prix was packed due to affordable ticket prices. Does it have to stick to their prestige rule or does it is necessary to give more accessibility to its audiences? Does a sport with dull audience attendance can be managed sustainably?








< References >

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/11098605/Dwindling-spectators-prompt-Formula-One-managers-to-discuss-high-ticket-prices-with-Bernie-Ecclestone.html

http://tickets.formula1.com/en/3312-abu-dhabi-fom/

http://colorlibrary.blogspot.com.es/2012/08/chinese-grand-prix-shangai.html#.VE1Z4PmG_5A