Formula 1 rebellion.

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http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=150886


Kinda cool, I hope they come up with a series with less rules and regulations.  Screw close competitive racing, I want to see them make the most amazing machine to ever lap a racetrack.

[the Teuton]

Some great technologies have come from F1 like HANS and KERS, but that's just it; F1 is supposed to be about pushing the boundaries of technology to make a better car.

There are too many restrictions on the series as we speak.  I do hope this creates a new playground for the sport.

[Sigma Projects]

less restrictions make me think of WRC Group B, man i wished that series lasted longer

Or like the unlimited class for the Pikes Peak challenge. Cars like these are produced

[FoMoJo]

Good.  Mosley is an idiot.  If F1 is to remain at the pinnacle of motorsport, it cannot compromise on cost.  Mosley's stupidity has reduced the current F1 to just another spec series.

[Middle_Path]

The FIA sucks. I hope the FOTA group of eight separate teams create their own league. Ecclestone and Moslely SUCK!.

[Galaxy]

Yes that worked so well with Indycar racing

[hotrodalex]

less restrictions make me think of WRC Group B, man i wished that series lasted longer

Or like the unlimited class for the Pikes Peak challenge. Cars like these are produced

Gran Turismo 3 would not be the same without it.

[S204STi]

The FIA sucks. I hope the FOTA group of eight separate teams create their own league. Ecclestone and Moslely SUCK!.

+1.

Looks like Prodrive will field an entry in the new league, can't wait to see how they do.

[S204STi]

Yes that worked so well with Indycar racing

With such iconic and long-lived teams, ones that helped start the series in the first place, leaving it makes me feel like this could work.

[r0tor]

good... the Bernie and Max show was just a political cartoon anyway

[MX793]

Yes that worked so well with Indycar racing

CART (Indycar) is/was a pretty different environment from F1.  In fact, this rebellion is almost opposite to the scenario in which IRL was split from CART.  The split between CART and IRL wasn't caused by the teams being upset by the sanctioning body, it was because Tony George (president of Indy Motor Speedway) had a number of gripes with CART.  Chief among them was that CART was getting to be too expensive and technology driven like F1.  George envisioned a lower cost series (the exact opposite reason the factory teams are wanting to split from F1 right now).  Thus, when he failed to buy the CART series, he decided to just start his own series and take the Indy 500 with him.  When IRL first spun off from CART, most of the big name teams stuck with CART and IRL had a bunch of second string CART teams that were struggling to keep up in that series and decided they'd have a better shot in the new IRL series.

Other reasons George wanted to break away from CART:

-George didn't like the fact that there were few American drivers in the CART series and felt there wasn't enough opportunity for American-born drivers.
-George wanted fewer road courses and more ovals.
-George believed that because the Indy 500 was CART's flagship event, the event deserved special treatment over other races in the series.

[Catman]

I have mixed feelings on this.  I love the technology, sounds and performance of these cars but the racing is often somewhat lame and the number of teams is low. 

[Raza]

Races where one team constantly dominates are boring.  That's why F1 during Schumacher's time was...boring. 

Sebastian Vettel won this past race.  Who the fuck is he?  He's not Raikkonen or Hamilton, that's for sure.  Hell, and Mark Webber got second!  This is the first time I've seen a race where he wasn't at the back of the ranks. 

Sounds like the big names whining that they aren't the front of the pack every time now.

[FoMoJo]

Races where one team constantly dominates are boring.  That's why F1 during Schumacher's time was...boring. 

Sebastian Vettel won this past race.  Who the fuck is he?  He's not Raikkonen or Hamilton, that's for sure.  Hell, and Mark Webber got second!  This is the first time I've seen a race where he wasn't at the back of the ranks. 

Sounds like the big names whining that they aren't the front of the pack every time now.

I don't mind that the less prominent teams are winning.  That they are doing it through innovation -- and innovative interpretation of the rules -- makes it very interesting.  That they also have the brightest minds in F1 -- Ross Brawn (for Brawn) and Adrian Newey (for Red Bull) -- means that the bigger (better financed) teams can only catch up by spending shitloads of money in research and development and testing.  Putting a cap on spending will make that impossible.  However, the most ridiculous proposal that Mosley put forth was to have a spec engine (Cosworth) that all teams must use.  How can Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault, BMW accept that?

[the Teuton]

Max Mosley is gone!

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/06/24/breaking-f1-reunites-as-max-mosely-reportedly-forced-to-quit-f1/

[Payman]