FOTA Fan Forum 2011 - Canada, Britian, Italy

SPEEDCORE · Jun 3, 2011

FOTA said:

27 May, 2011
Dear Formula 1 fans,

As some of you may remember, in early 2010 FOTA undertook a global research study together with our partners at F1 Racing and LG Electronics.

The study sought opinions and feedback from the global fan base, and was conducted to help us better understand our strengths and to prioritise our challenges for the future. The survey was exhaustive and took on average more than 35 minutes to complete, so we were very pleased and grateful to receive detailed feedback from more than 85,000 fans from more than 190 countries.

A year on from the announcement of the initial findings, we feel it is appropriate to share the work we have undertaken and the actions we have implemented over the past 12 months.
First, you provided FOTA with a very strong mandate (more than 80% support) to work to support the teams, to develop technological improvements and to enhance the reputation of F1 around the globe.

As fans you voiced your opinion that F1 needed to attract new followers by ensuring its position as the pinnacle of motorsport from both a technical perspective and driver perspective. More than 90% of you highlighted that more exciting racing and increased opportunities for overtaking represented the most important issues for us to address.

Through the FOTA Technical Regulations Working Group and in partnership with the FIA and our new tyre supplier, Pirelli, we put this issue at the top of our agenda. Writing as we are after the Spanish Grand Prix, five races into the 2011 season, we hope you feel that innovations such as the Drag Reduction System and the revised tyre compounds have made very positive contributions in this area.

Within the 2010 study we asked you about KERS Hybrid, and the feedback from fans was that you did not feel the technology had been given sufficient time to prove its benefits to the sport. So the rules have been amended, increasing the minimum weight, to allow its use again in 2011. In this way we hope that F1 can become an invaluable laboratory via which we may fast-track this technology to road car applications and thereby spread the benefits of F1 to society as a whole.

We also asked for your feedback on our proposed points system for 2010, and, while you were in favour of our plan to award points down to 10th place, you also stated a preference for a greater differential between points awarded for race wins and points awarded for lesser placings. We took that feedback on board and the points system was revised ahead of the 2010 World Championship, resulting in the closest F1 title battle for many years, with four drivers vying for the Drivers Championship at the final Grand Prix.

Thanks to FOM Productions, HD television broadcasts has been adopted from the start of the 2011 season and this is an important achievement that matches the expectations of many of you.

We are pleased with these achievements, but we are not complacent. We know that there is more work to be done, and we aim to continue to listen to our global fan base so that you may continue to guide our efforts to improve the sport we all love.

Finally, in the 2010 study, you asked for the opportunity to engage directly with the teams and drivers; we conducted a Fans Forum in London in 2010 and we are pleased to announce three further Fans Forums planned for this year in Canada, Great Britain and Italy. And while we will not be able to meet you all, rest assured that we will be listening and will be continuing to push for enhancements wherever and whenever possible.

Together with you, we now look forward to a fascinating and challenging race here in Monaco.

Yours faithfully,

Martin Whitmarsh Eric Boullier
Chairman and Vice Chairman, FOTA
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http://www.teamsassociation.org/fota-fans-forum-%E2%80%93-2011-canada-britain-and-italy

Formula 1 fans are to get the chance to meet face to face with leading figures from the sport, team principals, engineers and drivers at the FOTA Fans Forum in Montreal on Thursday June 9th at 6pm at the Omni Mont Royal Hotel, Montreal.

The FOTA Fans Forum is a unique opportunity for the fans and the sport to come together and exchange ideas. Fans will have the opportunity to ask questions and to offer their points of view on all the key talking points in the sport at the moment.

This event, organised by the Formula One Teams Association, brings fans closer to the sport. It offers the chance to engage face to face with team principals, drivers and key decision makers from the pit wall and to have your voices heard.

There will be further FOTA Fans Forum events in the UK on June 30th, powered by Santander, and Italy on September 7th, powered by Pirelli.

If you are interested to attend, please send an email to [email protected] presenting a question that might be then raised during the meeting and indicating all your contact details.

Only registered fans will be allowed to attend.

A response letter from FOTA will be necessary for entry to the event.
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I'm sure there would be some fchatters here that would be keen to attend these events If you do attend make sure to tell us after the event what question you asked and what the response was

SPEEDCORE · Jul 1, 2011

Fan Forum vids from Montreal and the UK

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5yQQiVwOEE[/ame]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmh-umT20uI[/ame]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW0PgIHWtzY[/ame]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJOs_PEpCc8[/ame]

texasmr2 · Jul 1, 2011

Excellent video's thanks for sharing.

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