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There were seismic changes to Formula 1 in 2009.<\/p>\n
Bickering over the sport\u2019s financial arrangements and governance led to FOTA (the Formula One Teams Association) announcing a breakaway championship at the British GP at Silverstone in June, then back-tracking once it became evident that Max Mosley\u2019s reign as FISA\/FIA president was truly over and that he would not stand for re-election in October\u2019s election.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
Despite the FOTA U-turn the fact is that in the last 12 months Formula 1 has witnessed the withdrawal of manufacturer entries from Honda, BMW and Toyota. And, at the time of writing, Renault is considering bids for its Enstone-based operation that was taken over from Benetton at the start of the decade.<\/p>\n
Whether the desertions are purely the result of a catastrophic economic situation for the motor industry or more deeply entrenched dissatisfaction over the sport\u2019s governance, is a moot point. Mosley certainly believed that Formula 1 was unviable in the current climate if it basically amounted to a spending contest.<\/p>\n
Max argued that manufacturers have always used F1 for their own promotional purposes while it suited, but always follow their own agendas. To safeguard the sport, he said, it needed to be viable for commercially-funded private entrants. Events of the past few months seem to have vindicated his assessment. We have returned to a position of multiple private entrant \u2018purist\u2019 racing teams, plus Ferrari and Mercedes.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
Back in the seventies, eighties and early nineties, that was basically the sport\u2019s composition. Largely British private teams such as Lotus, Tyrrell, Brabham, McLaren and then Williams dominated with off-the-shelf Cosworth engines. Opposition came from Ferrari, Alfa Romeo and Matra, then came Renault, BMW, TAG-Porsche and Honda as the turbo era dawned.<\/p>\n
As Bernie Ecclestone\u2019s vision developed Formula 1 into a world class global sport with unsurpassed reach \u2013 the Olympics and the soccer World Cup generate bigger audiences but only once every four years \u2013 it became an irresistible promotional platform for the world\u2019s motor manufacturers. Mercedes, BMW, Jaguar, Ferrari, Honda, Toyota, Renault were all there at the same time \u2013 unprecedented for the sport.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
For some, participation was enough to increase brand awareness but, for others, winning was essential. And they couldn\u2019t all win. Team staffing levels approached four figures and budgets went through the roof. Collectively, the manufacturers were spending a billion dollars a year on engine development alone. Mosley, a man who witnessed the off-the-shelf Cosworth era first hand with his March company, thought it was both bonkers and unsustainable.<\/p>\n
Suddenly the independents, including top class outfits like Williams, were struggling to be viable businesses without major manufacturer backing. And, whereas Max and Bernie had been able to control the privateers, often by divide and rule tactics, the presence of heavily backed corporate players threatened to take the sport out of their control. Politics started to dominate sport.<\/p>\n
On the plus side, interest grew and competition became closer than ever. In 2009 we enjoyed entire grids covered by little more than one second — unthinkable just a decade ago.<\/p>\n
On paper, all the factors that made F1 so attractive to the manufacturers still remain, albeit that as things stand you can\u2019t go out and beat six or seven of your major rivals. The interesting time will come when the economy turns. We will see how many return. The regulatory path followed by new FIA president Jean Todt will also be influential, along with his success or failure in implementing a planned glide path of reduced expenditure aimed at reaching early nineties levels. Many have serious doubts about the viability of such a target. \n<\/p>\n
The immediate future gives rise to some mouth-watering match-ups on track. None is quite so compelling as the prospect of Britain\u2019s back-to-back champions, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, lining up as team mates in identical McLarens.<\/p>\n
Button\u2019s talks with McLaren were initially viewed as expedient for both parties \u2013 McLaren was surely turning the screw on Kimi Raikkonen\u2019s negotiating team and Button was trying to eke out a bigger pay day from Brawn and Mercedes. Nobody quite believed it when the deal went through.<\/p>\n
Some suspect that Button, with the pressure finally off, took temporary leave of his senses. To head into a McLaren environment where Lewis has been king for three years and take him on \u2013 is a big ask. Fernando Alonso couldn\u2019t do it when Lewis was a rookie never mind a world champion.<\/p>\n
While it\u2019s fair to say that many don\u2019t rate Jenson\u2019s chances too highly, it\u2019s not as simple as all that. Button started \u201909 with an undoubted car advantage due to Brawn\u2019s double diffuser and long development lead time. By the end of the season the team had been caught and arguably overtaken. McLaren initially didn\u2019t cope with the new aero regulations but once it solved its problems became a potent force.<\/p>\nJean Todt’ puckish of genius when running the Scuderia will be applied to the FIA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Next year with refuelling banned, it will become vitally important to look after your tyres, the rears particularly, over a race distance. That may play right into the hands of Button\u2019s super-smooth style which is likely to take less out of the rubber that Hamilton\u2019s more flamboyant oversteer-pronounced technique. On the other side of the coin, the change in handling characteristics over a race distance is more likely to favour the more adaptable driver, which is likely to be Hamilton. It will be fascinating to see how it pans out, not to mention whether or not McLaren can keep a lid on the potential tensions of two star drivers again \u2013 something it patently failed to do with Senna\/Prost and Alonso\/Hamilton.<\/p>\n
The other great plus is that the future of the British Grand Prix seems assured after Bernie Ecclestone signed a recent 17-year deal with Silverstone following the collapse of Donington\u2019s ambitious plan \u2013 another victim of the economic situation.<\/p>\n
With potential EU competition issues clouding F1 rights ownership issues at the start of the decade, it was no surprise that F1\u2019s new super-venues: Sepang, Shanghai, Istanbul, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi and, next year, South Korea, were all outside Europe. Now though, with those issues apparently resolved by the FIA divesting itself of the commercial rights, we\u2019ve had Valencia and the new deal for Silverstone. That at least, is a blessing. While the new locations are spectacular \u2013 witness Yas Marina in particular \u2013 they must always be balanced with F1\u2019s traditional core events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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