Mosley wants action to 'save' F1

[ArrowsFA1]

Formula One has been told it needs to implement drastic cost-cutting measures by 2010 if it is to remain "credible".

FIA president Max Mosley told BBC Sport that the global credit crisis had only exacerbated problems for F1 and several teams were now in danger of quitting.
"It has become apparent, long before the current difficulties, that Formula One was unsustainable," said Mosley. "It really is a very serious situation. If we can't get this done for 2010, we will be in serious difficulty."
Mosley warned: "We've got various means of making sure they don't spend that money, but it does mean some draconian changes."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/7657298.stm

So is Max right or is this just more threat and bluster? Who are the "several teams"? What "draconian changes" can we expect?

Not so long ago FOTA said "The good thing is that people now realise that we do have to do something and I think (we are having) quite a creative open discussion." FOTA are already working on their proposals and haven't yet presented them to the FIA.

[ShiftingGears]

So who's going to fire him?

[SGWilko]

^ I was going to say, my advice to Max on this subject would be - 'resign'.

[SGWilko]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/7657298.stm

So is Max right or is this just more threat and bluster? Who are the "several teams"? What "draconian changes" can we expect?

Williams are sponsored by....

RBS - In serious 5hit in the UK.
HAd sold a stake in the company to Bauger?, who are owned by an Icelandic bank, and if you thought our problems were bad, Iceland could quite easily go bust very soon............

[MAX_THRUST]

After watching Max on the news "BBC national news", I am afraid of what he will do next. He is clearly stupid!!! With all the stuff that has gone on about favouritism, he sits with a ferrari behind him. Not a problem really until the BBC zoom in at the end of the interview on it. Implying what I wonder?

Then he says F1 is in a dyer state. What a way to incourage new growth and new teams and sponsors by saying we are in a mess. Especially the new F2 series.

Worst of all to drag up his behaviour again. WE know what he did, interestingly he said the press should think before they act. Well Max so should you.

Is he trying to kill F1 off before he goes, is he trying to kill off the FIA as well.
Sorry Max needs to go, his deputy has resigned early hasn't he? Why is that then?

[Knock-on]

You cannot cap what individual companies spend on F1. It's as simple as that.

If sponsorship slows up, teams will spend less.

[Dave B]

Somebody needs to save F1 from Max.

In my personal opinion (lawyers ) the guy's becoming unhinged. His attempts to save costs are laudable but you don't achieve that by constantly tinkering with the rules every few years.

F1 is becoming a laughing stock. Standard ECUs have no place in the sport; and now we're seeing gimmicks like push-to-pass buttons dressed up as an envionmental measure, and the threat of capped budgets. Carry on like this and soon F1 will be indistinguishable from A1GP.

[V12]

We need to get Max laid again. At least it managed to shut him up for a few months.

[jens]

Dramatic changes? Maybe we will finally see customer teams and cars in 2010?

When it seemed 2009 is a "radical change" and after this the situation calms down, then now it looks like 2009 marks only the beginning of the era of complete makeover of F1. :

[MAX_THRUST]

You can't save costs any better or be any greener than using customer cars...Not sure what Max is really trying to achieve, but the FIA are causing more problems than correcting them these days. Don't get what is going on.

I really believe Max is the problem, and always have. He moans about how F1 is run, that's not his job that's Bernies.