Well the boys all got together today and decided to create a dream come true....oh wait a minute.
Well yes, the F1 clan did all meet today in Monaco with FIA president Max Mosley. The biggest surprise is that most of the matters put forth last week by the Max were met with open arms.
The engine configuration of the current V-10 or changing to a V-8 still has to be hashed out. On one hand, keeping the current config would allow teams to keep their current engines thereby cutting costs. On the other hand, if those engines are kept teams are going to be expected to make them last 4 or more race weekends. It looks like if the engine is changed to a V-8 it will be limited to 2 race weekends.
One interesting thing is that a separate championship for engine manufacturers could become a reality. I thing that would be an awesome addition to the series.
One of the big obstacles of getting these changes in place before 2008 is the Concorde Agreement. The official governing rules of F1 also allows King Bernie to rake in a whopping 70% of F1 profits. Certainly Bernie has to be credited with the explosive growth of F1 all over the world over the past 20 years, but one must wonder when too much is simply too much.
With the Concorde Agreement not set to expire until 2007, don't expect any changes until then unless Bernie is willing to take a smaller slice of the pie. Yeah right! Also, we will have to wait and see how the majority really feels when it comes to voting on new rules and configs. Everyone seemed happy today. I mean shit, who couldn't be happy at a fancy F1 bean feast and meeting? Who knows how these guys will act in the future. Their track record is that they will never agree on anything!
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