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  1. Steve

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    #1261 Steve, Sep 10, 2014
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    I'm sure Gene Haas is rubbing his temples and wondering what effect it will have on his deal. I wonder who signed off on it. If it was Montezemolo...who knows?
     
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    For those who haven't heard the news, the hammer apparently finally dropped after Ferrari's poor showing at Monza.

    Ferrari chairman and key F1 figure Luca di Montezemolo steps down (autosport.com)
     
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    That was quick. Effective immediately. I guess I wasn't paying attention to the details, figured this was something they were going to consider as a rule change for next year.

    Q&A with the FIA on team radio restrictions (GPUpdate.net)

    ANALYSIS: Impact of F1 team radio limits (Racer.com)
     
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    Wouldn't it be easier to stop live datalog communications from the car.....?
     
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    I suppose they could restrict which data are allowed to stream live. In theory, teams won't be able to use most of it in real time anymore so it could just be recorded but I suspect they'll be allowed to make use of data elements that indicate whether the car needs to be retired immediately. Or maybe even a call telling the driver to retire the car will be verboten?
     
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    Yeah, but given at least one driver has already exceeded his allocation of one power unit component or another (and has been penalized for it) if they do that -- i.e., prevent teams from shut-downs and retirements to preserve components -- they'll probably also need to change the allocation rules.
     
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    Joe Saward has been thinking about the travel/transport side of F1 logistics.

    In a perfect world… (joesaward.wordpress.com)
    If interested, read the rest here.
     
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    Two weeks between Malaysia and Australia doesn't mean they fly home to Europe in between, does it? Seems to me they need that first two week break to regroup after the first race, someone is always unexpectedly fast and someone is also unexpectedly slow - it gives them a breather to rethink and reset, but it makes sense to me they'd either stay in Australia, or go immediately to Malaysia and stay there till the race rather than going home again.

    It's much cheaper to fly some parts over (if they need to change some bits) than the whole race team.....
     
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    I would assume that some of the team would fly home, can't imagine that the entire team (including the hospitality team) would need to hang out for the extra week between races when there is a two week gap.
     
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    F1 teams question high ticket prices (racer.com)
     
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    Bernie didn't like the cheap ticket prices at the Indy race. He said it let in too much of the riff raff. I'm not sure if I was riff or raff but I liked the prices.
     
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    I'm curious to know what former used car salesman Mr. E. thinks of as "riff raff."
     
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    Korea & India were dropped, no enough $$$$.$$$ for Bernie, no race!
     
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    I don't know if I think those particular venues are great losses to F1 but you're spot on about the reason for their departure from the schedule.

    The same reason Bernie threatened Monza with replacement, and I think most would agree that Monza shouldn't be relegated just because Bernie sees another customer off in the distance waving a larger stack of money at him.
     
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    Bernie gets a fee for any GP to happen & I'm sure he gets a percentage of the gate. If the race doesn't get enough paying fans than Bernie's cut is not enough.

    To cut Monza would be a sacrilege. Sure seemed to be a sell out from in front of my tube.
     
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    FIA clarifies new Formula One team radio restrictions (nbcsports.com)
     
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    For my money Milka had a better harness rack.
     
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    Marko: Mr Vettel is one of our most expensive items (grandprix247.com)
     
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    Felipe Massa on Bernie's claim that the drivers wanted team radio banned: "Maybe he asked some drivers from the 80s..."

    :D

    Bernie Ecclestone: I banned team radio advice for drivers (bbc.com)
     
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    Drivers have different views about the potential effects of radio use restrictions. Seems some rely on that chatter and feedback more than others. I wonder whether it will have any relative performance impacts or just cause greater likelihood of catastrophic failure type issues...or both...or neither. There's obviously concern though since it doesn't all seem to be talk goaded by sensation seeking media.