The FIA and FOM are busy trying to destroy Formula 1. Or at least the F1 that I know and love. I am a person who belives that F1 is supposed to be the pinnacle of motorsports. It is supposed to lead to new innovations and technologies through competition. Under a budget cap system and technical and component standardization as favoured by the FOM and FIA this will soon be a series of identical cars. The three new teams coming in are a testament to what the "new" F1 will look like. They are all going to be running Cosworth engines, gearbox's etc and will probably share chassis info with a bigger team. This seriously effects the commercial value of running a manufacturer based F1 team at all. The FIA and FOM are in affect trying to create a european based IRL. They believe that as long as the teams can call their cars a Ferrari or a Mercedes or BMW and paint them in their own colours they'll be happy. Maybe the time has come for these teams to switch into a sport where technology and competition are still at the forefront. This weekend I saw a diesel powered Peugeot beat a Diesel powered Audi and a gas powered Aston Martin in an international sporting event. Seeing a Ferrari LMP1 car at the 24 hours of LeMans next year may be a good sight to see as well.
