How about £135m or the deals off and you destroy F1 I suppose they're officially separate teams and entities who happen to be backed by the same sponsors, it's a really difficult area to police, as Red Bull almost certainly get Toro Rosso's data, but they build their own cars so it's a toughie..
If those figures were 100% accurate (and I don't see how they can be) I'd say £130 million cost cap, open up the car design regulations and allow unlimited testing.
I know the doddery old bugger will carry on regardless, but surely anyone else must either resign from their post or be put on leave http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/25133431
back to the topic of spending, Whitmarsh disagrees with Horners claim http://www.inautonews.com/f1s-biggest-spender-is-red-bull-whitmarsh
Mercedes are resorting to sorcery to beat RBR Jafaar to test for Mercedes please log in to view this image
Tickets for the Austrian grand prix have sold out already. How many times has that been said for a new entrant to the F1 calendar recently?
Probably the only Grand Prix I was interested in going to this year. Oh well, that makes my mind up for me then, no going to F1 for me next season.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/111693 The maiden F1 test in a V10 car Vettel reminisced about at the AUTOSPORT Awards came in a BMW-powered Williams in September 2005. The then-18-year-old's running was delayed after Nico Rosberg - then Williams's test driver - had an engine failure in the car in the morning. But Vettel still managed 25 laps, ending up 3.4 seconds off the pace of race driver Mark Webber. Sweet mercy, there was a time when Vettel was 3.4 seconds slower than Mark Webber!!!!
ROC has been cancelled this year due to the thai protests going on. I didn't even know it was in Thailand this year...
Mercedes believed to be the only team vetoing the weight increases! http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/111713 Gotcha Ferrari you have nothing on us, proof that Mercedes have the most powerful And lightest engine on the grid. Mercedes > Deadmeat. Vettel will join Mercedes sooner or later now, *Evil laugh*
When the Mercedes engine turns out to be a failure the shareholders will soon give up on F1. If you look past the hype, you will see the truth: Button: "I'm 74-75kg with my kit and I struggle to meet the weight limit. I have done for three years. I love fitness training but there are things I can't do because I have to be a set weight - not eat carbohydrates, not build muscle. And next year it will be worse. I don't think any team will have ballast next year." Hamilton: "I weigh about 71 kilos. I am not going to be 65 kilos unless I cut my nuts off! And I eat really healthily" Rosberg: "The height is not so much of an issue for me but I have to keep my weight in check. I guess I will have to cut down on the fatty stuff looking at 2014 and may be give up on sweets during Christmas" Di Resta: "It is a concern for a driver like me. I am at the upper end, to the point where I am three or four kilos under what I would like to be to be healthy. Itâs a little bit of an unfair advantage to be a smaller guy because not only can they move the weight (in the car) in the right place but they can get themselves in a healthier state. Iâd like to see the weight limit raised because it would make no difference to them (the smaller guys)." Whitmarsh: "There are grounds [to raise the weight limit], but F1 doesn't work like that. Self interest will prevail. Teams that think it's OK will block any change" Benson: "That means a smaller driver such as Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, who weighs 68kg, is at an advantage over a taller one such as Sauber's Hulkenberg, who weighs 74kg, to the tune of 0.2secs a lap if the team cannot reduce the car by the amount of their weight difference. And even if they can, the taller driver is at a disadvantage because his weight is high up in the car, which also affects performance. McLaren have ruled out Hulkenberg as a potential replacement for Mexican Sergio Perez next year as a result of this. A high-level source said the chances of a change to the weight limit were "quite slim as it would require everyone to agree, and some teams and engine manufacturers don't think they need an increase".
