OK, we're all agreed that Mad Max has to go but:­ given the current turmoil in the global financial­ markets, a number of former F1 sponsors will not be­ kicking in the big bucks in future which will mean that­ F1 will need to find ways to reduce the presently­ incredibly high costs.

I do not favour a standard­ engine (Although I do love my Hemi) because that would­ make F1 look like A1 GP or whatever it's called and­ that's about as interesting as Al Gore.

Instead, I­ agree with previous posts that a much lower than the­ current average team spending cap be put in place AND,­ that the technical rules be relaxed to allow for­ greater individual team innovation. I agree that­ policing the spending cap would not be easy initially­ but over time, it could be made to work.

The benefits­ of doing those things would be more innovation and­ because of the lower entry fee, more teams on the grid­ which will bring in a greater number of drivers which­ will increase the interest for the fans.

Or I guess we­ could go along with Mad Max and put a Briggs and­ Stratton motor in each of the current cars.

yes old stager 171 -- the world had changed -- we hope­ your wheelchair is warm & comfy sweetoeo

Why is anyone surprised that the power mad dwarf and­ his masochistic mate continue to struggle to save their­ dying pantomime; in their endeavour to join the­ mega-rich 'wealth creators' they have converted­ F1 from a sport into tv entertainment and in so doing,­ it seems some would believe, have 'saved'­ F1!
Some of those guys should take a look at the sport­ before the age of the dreadful duo to see just how much­ the sport of F1 has been saved. There were processions­ in those days; but not because the cars themselves­ prevented overtaking. There were occasions when the pit­ stops changed the face of the race by allowing someone­ to be overtaken; but they were the minority, not the­ majority of overtaking events. There were surprises in­ the outcome of some races; but not primarily because of­ activity, appeals and penalties awarded after the event­ or off the track altogether.
I could go on; but­ won't, as I must be boring you and it won't­ change anything and is just depressing me

item 169 veto should be vetoed without delay - so­ boring & repetative

Why, at the pinnacle of motorsport, would it be such a­ fantastic idea to turn it into a 1 brand event? isnt­ that what A1GP is for? At then end of the day i can see­ the thought that it would be a good idea, feeder teams­ such as Force India, Toro Rosso, would suit such a rule­ change, but when it comes to the main manufacturers all­ they will do is spend even more of their mass wealth of­ budget on aerodynamics which is where the feeder teams­ are struggling with anyways. In my personal opinion,­ there shouldnt really be any rule changes to Engines,­ electronics or aerodynamics, or budgets for that­ matter, it should be left open to each team to decide­ what they can afford to spend, this is competition were­ on about, not lets just all get along and help each­ other out. This is the peak of racing, this is where­ the advancements are meant to be made, not halted. If­ certain teams like super aguri cant afford to race then­ they shouldnt, and maybe more manufacturers should look­ to entering the ring of Formula 1, i sure as hell would­ love to see Lamborghini enter into F1 and Porsche and­ lotus again and even Nissan, Mazda and maybe some­ american brands like Dodge/chrysler and or Chevrolet.­ At the end of the day all these manufacturers race in­ other events, Le-mans for instance, maybe its about­ time the put up a fight at the top of the ladder in­ motor sports.

without Bernie efforts there would be NO F1 today ///­ no-one wanted to take over loss making concern

Bernie­ has brought success for ALL ```` teams- drivers­ -owners- circuits - spectators + etc

What a spanking good idea from Max. I wonder if he will­ be able to whip up any support? Or maybe he'll feel­ bound by the usual, more uniform rules. Although he­ perhaps feels that domination (by one team) is a bad a­ idea after all?

ask ron dennis about that and he will say yes and we­ said sorry for them,,,,,but if you ask lewis he'll­ shake his head saying no no a big no

mclaren is already powered by frerrari since start of­ 2007 campaign,,,,,,asked ron dennis

Unfortunately xexxenia, Ecclestone the poison dwarf has­ hijacked F1 for his own purposes which is to make money­ for himself. The true F1 fan is being replaced by the­ corporate entity who is happy to pay £1600 for a­ week-end ticket & meet the drivers, but who­ doesn't know the difference between Benneton &­ Button.

I can smell a hint of A1 here - this is not A1, this is­ F1 max!!!!!!!

YES // BERNIE WAS THE ONE WOT SAVED F 1 WITH HIS­ BUSINESS ACUMEN
WE V LUCKY TO HAVE HIM OTHERWISE NO­ MORE RACING // GONE BROKE YEARSAGO

WHY LINK "MAX & BERNIE" TOGETHER AS A­ DANCE TEAM
MAX IS A DEMENTED PERVERT WHO SHOULD GO GO ­ GO

BUT BERNIE TOOK OVER WHEN F 1 WAS LOSING­ MILLIONS$£$ & no-one wanted to help
Bernie worked­ to change F 1 into a profitable success

ginger,
Don't get me started on Max and Bernie! I­ think, many years past, they did alot to increase F1 as­ the greatest sport in the world, but in their greed and­ arrogance, they have brought the sport to near ruin.­ What I can't understand is how these huge­ corporations and uber rich team owners/principles let­ those two old fools walk all over them. It would be­ interesting to see, if a rival series was seriously­ discussed or even planned, which current F1 teams would­ jump ship and join.

refer post #100...

Lets take a quick poll... (vote via­ the up and down thumbs)

Whoever agreed that Max is an­ idiot and should resign... give a thumbs up...

Whoever­ agreed that Max is doing the right thing... give a­ thumbs down...

* so basically 39 says Max should­ resign... and only 1 say he is right...

maybe that one­ person is Max himself? or one of his­ associates?

Someone should launch an online poll to­ canvas the public opinion about Max as the President of­ FIA...

Rich: All of them are essentially one corporation.­ Should they wish, they could set up their own­ championship series, 24 cars, 3 per brand and have the­ development teams from each compete against each other.­ But that is only theoretical and very unlikely.

While­ any of VAG's makes would be good for F1, would you­ commit $100m per year minimum to a sport controlled by­ Max and Bernie?

how much longer can pervert mosslleeyy be allowed to­ operate within f1 giving it a bad name all round ?

ginger,
Don't get me wrong, I still love F1, but­ becoming more and more disenchanted with the way things­ are going, and more and more bored with the­ Ferrari/Mclaren domination. Two years ago when there­ was some noise about a competing series, I sort of­ laughed. Not now! If a series could fill a grid with­ some of the marques you mentioned, I would become a­ steadfast fan (and regretfully drop F1).

sounds to me like he has been talking to the Nascar­ people ,standard engine how stupid can the man be ,but­ then again he has been gutting the sport for so long he­ wont be happy till he has a nascar style organization­ to run ,same cars ,same engine ,same tyres ,and no tech­ to speak of ,hell if i want to see that i can go to the­ local track here , Get rid of mad max before he really­ destroys the whole sport !!!

A spec. engine? That's not going to work, can you­ say IRL? Why doesn't he just take the F out and put­ a S and then you will have Specification 1. Great­ drivers but no great battles between factories. This in­ would dull the sport and money will dry up because lack­ of innovation. This may spark a breakaway series with­ the manufactures who didn't win the competition to­ be the engine supplier. Then there is a question who­ will supply the engines? If its Ferrari they should get­ rid of the A1GP. The spec engine computers I never­ liked, there may be some programmable functions but­ still there's a lack if innovation. If this happens­ next will be the trans. then the body and how about­ this a spec driver. Just clone Michael Schumacher andn­ you would get the worlds best racing, no just super­ boring.