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Formula One racing's governing body, the FIA, has revealed details of a new Super Licence points system, making it harder for drivers to become eligible for F1 competition.
From 2016, drivers must have accumulated 40 points over a three-year period, with points allocation based on which other motorsport series they have participated in and the level of results they achieved.
Drivers will have also have to be at least 18-years old, have spent at least two years in junior single-seater categories, hold a valid road driver's licence and pass a test on the Formula One sporting regulations. The existing requirement of completing 300 kilometres in a recent F1 car also remains.
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If such a system had been in place ahead of 2015, new Toro Rosso signing Max Verstappen would be ineligible to race in F1 this year, having accrued just 20 points by finishing third in the 2014 FIA F3 European championship - the 17-year-old's only season of car racing to date.
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Formula 1 schedule for 2015
Sun, Mar 15 - 2:00 AM ET Australian Grand Prix - Albert Park
Sun, Mar 29 - 4:00 AM ET Grand Prix of Malaysia - Sepang International Circuit
Sun, Apr 12 - 3:00 AM ET Grand Prix of China - Shanghai International Circuit
Sun, Apr 19 - 8:00 AM ET Grand Prix of Bahrain - Bahrain International Circuit
Sun, May 10 - 8:00 AM ET Grand Prix Of Spain - Circuit De Catalunya
Sun, May 24 - 8:00 AM ET Grand Prix Of Monaco - Circuit De Monaco
Sun, Jun 7 - 2:00 PM ET Grand Prix Of Canada - Gilles Villeneuve Circuit
Sun, Jun 21 - 8:00 AM ET Austrian Grand Prix - Spielberg
Sun, Jul 5 - 8:00 AM ET British Grand Prix - Silverstone Circuit
Sun, Jul 19 - 8:00 AM ET German Grand Prix - Hockenheimring
Sun, Jul 26 - 8:00 AM ET Hungarian Grand Prix - Hungaroring
Sun, Aug 23 - 8:00 AM ET Belgian Grand Prix - Circuit Of Spa Francorchamps
Sun, Sep 6 - 8:00 AM ET Italian Grand Prix - Autodromo Nazionale Di Monza
Sun, Sep 20 - 8:00 AM ET Singapore Grand Prix -Singapore Street Circuit
Sun, Sep 27 - 2:00 AM ET Japanese Grand Prix - Suzuka International Racing Course
Sun, Oct 11 - 7:00 AM ET Russian Grand Prix - Sochi International Street Circuit
Sun, Oct 25 - 4:00 PM ET United States Grand Prix - Circuit Of Americas
Sun, Nov 15 - 11:00 AM ET Grand Prix Of Brazil - Autodromo Carlos Pace
Sun, Nov 29 - 8:00 AM ET Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Yas Marina Circuit
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Sun, Mar 15 - 2:00 AM ET Australian Grand Prix - Albert Park
Sun, Mar 29 - 4:00 AM ET Grand Prix of Malaysia - Sepang International Circuit
Sun, Apr 12 - 3:00 AM ET Grand Prix of China - Shanghai International Circuit
Sun, Apr 19 - 8:00 AM ET Grand Prix of Bahrain - Bahrain International Circuit
Sun, May 10 - 8:00 AM ET Grand Prix Of Spain - Circuit De Catalunya
Sun, May 24 - 8:00 AM ET Grand Prix Of Monaco - Circuit De Monaco
Sun, Jun 7 - 2:00 PM ET Grand Prix Of Canada - Gilles Villeneuve Circuit
Sun, Jun 21 - 8:00 AM ET Austrian Grand Prix - Spielberg
Sun, Jul 5 - 8:00 AM ET British Grand Prix - Silverstone Circuit
Sun, Jul 19 - 8:00 AM ET German Grand Prix - Hockenheimring
Sun, Jul 26 - 8:00 AM ET Hungarian Grand Prix - Hungaroring
Sun, Aug 23 - 8:00 AM ET Belgian Grand Prix - Circuit Of Spa Francorchamps
Sun, Sep 6 - 8:00 AM ET Italian Grand Prix - Autodromo Nazionale Di Monza
Sun, Sep 20 - 8:00 AM ET Singapore Grand Prix -Singapore Street Circuit
Sun, Sep 27 - 2:00 AM ET Japanese Grand Prix - Suzuka International Racing Course
Sun, Oct 11 - 7:00 AM ET Russian Grand Prix - Sochi International Street Circuit
Sun, Oct 25 - 4:00 PM ET United States Grand Prix - Circuit Of Americas
Sun, Nov 15 - 11:00 AM ET Grand Prix Of Brazil - Autodromo Carlos Pace
Sun, Nov 29 - 8:00 AM ET Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Yas Marina Circuit
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To bad the race distance was 58 laps but at least you were still running at the end.... sort of.
Plus I don't think I've seen the podium finishers so excited to be interviewed ever.
When Christian Horner was asked to confirm or deny this he simply said he couldn't confirm that it had happened.
Speculation is that RBR will create a new division and become their own engine manufacturer so they are vertically integrated the same as Mercedes and Ferrari.
Could happen as early as next year as this would also allow them to enter a whole "new" power unit as it would be an RBR engine and not a Renault and thus would not fall under the engine development ban.
I have a feeling the race for the championship is going to be a bit one-sided this year. Fortunately all the other shenanigans going on in F1 should make up for that.
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Is it possible the viability of the tracks is an even bigger problem than the viability of the teams?
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Is it possible the viability of the tracks is an even bigger problem than the viability of the teams?
Unless you can sell a LOT of multi-day tickets because of other events going on the same weekend, or can amortize the loss over a bunch of other events that make you profitable, no racetrack on the F1 Calendar is viable.
The problem is places like China, Bahrain, Singapore (to some extent), Russia and Abu Dhabi don't give a shit about making money because they are government owned and operated and they arent accountable to anyone.
So they will pay these fees to "show off" their country and use them as "advertising" losses to bring in other opportunities that have nothing to do with racing.
Then a few years down the line, the track starts to suck, the economy isnt great, whatever and some will fall off the calendar (India, South Korea, etc)
Hell COTA doesn't make hardly any profit on F1 weekends after everything is paid, but having F1 at that track is a great marketing tool for the track owners and they put on more than 2 events a year there so they can make the profit on other things (like concerts etc)
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Unless you can sell a LOT of multi-day tickets because of other events going on the same weekend, or can amortize the loss over a bunch of other events that make you profitable, no racetrack on the F1 Calendar is viable.
The problem is places like China, Bahrain, Singapore (to some extent), Russia and Abu Dhabi don't give a shit about making money because they are government owned and operated and they arent accountable to anyone.
So they will pay these fees to "show off" their country and use them as "advertising" losses to bring in other opportunities that have nothing to do with racing.
Then a few years down the line, the track starts to suck, the economy isnt great, whatever and some will fall off the calendar (India, South Korea, etc)
Hell COTA doesn't make hardly any profit on F1 weekends after everything is paid, but having F1 at that track is a great marketing tool for the track owners and they put on more than 2 events a year there so they can make the profit on other things (like concerts etc)
There's no evidence COTA has made any money at all, has had a complete leadership change since it opened, and is only still open on the basis of the massive government subsidies it gets from the state of Texas which many, many people are against (they've gotten over $20 million per F1 race from the state, and smaller amounts for MotoGP and FIA WEC). Every news article in Austin leads to be more and more amazed that the place continues to run at all. The number of events is way behind the original projections, especially the number of race weekends.
(don't get me wrong, I think it's a great track and a good facility, but I'm not sure they'll ever make enough money to justify the $400 million it took to build plus the F1 hosting fees)
Just more parts of the F1 business model that are completely broken by the way Bernie runs things
The MP4-30 of Alonso, who suffered temporary memory loss in the accident, will be fitted with an extra sensor after he recalled "heavy steering" before the crash on an innocuous stretch of Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya, McLaren said.
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and a maldanado crash because even though he drove away he retired the next time past pit in.
The current racing reminds me of the story of the SR71 Blackbird plane.
Every time there was a rumor that someone was thinking about designing something (in that era) that might be faster than the Blackbird, the USAF would release a new "Official" record speed for it and crush the old record.
Mercedes reminds me of that right now. Every time someone gets close to them, they add more power to the car and just walk away. It almost makes me think that they know they can make more power easily, they just have to sacrifice reliability to do so. So currently they are producing less than peak power to increase reliability.
When someone gets close (like Ferrari did in Malaysia, even though that was more strategy than pace), they just turn up the wick and say "ok catch us now if you can".
it reminds me of the 2004 season when Bridgestone were making bespoke tires not only for Ferrari, but for Schumacher AT Ferrari. Thus leading to a single car having tires that were not only optimal for that chassis, but that specific driver.
it's sad that the only reason I watch right now is to see if STR can beat RBR and see how much whining Dietrich Mateschitz has done lately and how much epic fail Renault is putting out on the track during the race weekend.
the cars themselves are boring, the drivers are whining little babies, the team principles are either automatons or whine more than their drivers, and the racing is so lackluster at both ends and only decent in the middle.
oh joy.
the only highlight all weekend was the little laugh from Steve Matchett on the NBCSN broadcast when good ole Hobbo started talking about F1 cars being "green" because they were suing less fuel....
I seriously hoped Matchett was gonna blast that comment and stop being PC and just point out the pure idiocy of anyone thinking that a racing league that brings on average 15 semi loads of crap for each team to each continental round and air transports nearly 2/3 of that amount to flyaway races was a green racing league because the actual race cars are using 25 liters less fuel in a race......
F1 is more green because of a testing ban than because of the fuel restrictions in place for racing.
but no, sadly Stevie toe'd the line and didn't say shit about it because no one wants to use logic to point out the idiocy of the rules that are costing viewers, and more than likely going to cost team participation in the next two years.
With Renault refusing to sell it's engine development to RBR, and Dietrich Mateschitz being smart enough to realize he can just take his team and go WEC racing and actually MAKE money doing so versus F1 AND get more exposure and be in markets that actually are big for his product (versus places where its not even sold), it wouldn't surprise me to see RBR, Force India (VJ's already in a heap of financial bullshit), Manor, and STR all up for sale at the end of the season.
And unless F1 can convince someone like VAG to buy and support one or more of those teams, its gonna be a shitshow for a decade to come.
Problem is, VAG doesn't need F1, but F1 needs VAG and Bernie is to much of a little dictator to admit it.
VAG get's all the "racing " exposure it needs from the Audi and Porsche LMP1 cars and the "world of Porsche with a few others thrown in for laughs" that people see GT racing to be.
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and a maldanado crash because even though he drove away he retired the next time past pit in.
Hard to argue with the rest of your statement, too.
I think, technically speaking, it's impressive the lap times they are doing now on less fuel compared to the old technology. But that doesn't mean it's good for the sport in and of itself. As you rightly say, flying has one of the biggest environmental impacts known, and any traveling global circus isn't going to make any real ground on being "green" by an objective measure.
I don't think anyone wants to admit just how much they do actually needs fans, and not just rich oligarchs to prop up the sport.
It'll work until it doesn't, and as long as Bernie gets his cut he has no need to differentiate from the parties of the bonfires and the fires of the dead ashes of the sport itself. They'll either run out of tracks to pay their stupid expensive bribes, I mean, fees, or they'll run out of teams that have patience to consistently throw away money faster than just burning it in a fire.