What will the FIA do about Renault?

Since Alonso is leaving, they probably won't do anything. Renault will probably kill its program off itself before the FIA does anything harmful. Maybe they'll switch it to Nissan and Nismo to increase that brand internationally.

 

How about engine development freeze so Renault can dominate for few more years ?

 

In recent years, if a Renault wasn't already on the front row at the start of the race, it would be by the first turn. What's that? Launch control? Don't know the proper name for it, but whatever it's called, Renault's appears to be superior to everyone else's. Those things just *rocket* off the starting grid.

 

Ron already took care of that

 

I believe a team has to dominate a minimum of 5 years before the FIA can intervine

Good question though as I was pondering the same thing last night with a friend. IMHO Fisi has proven that as good as the car is, it still needs an elite pilota. And unless Renault get Kimi or FA pulls a Button they won't match this year and last. HK still needs to cut his teeth and he's some time off before we know where he falls ultimately as an F1 driver.

 

'Ron already took care of that' -

LOL!! Alonso has got to be hitting the bottle hard at night. He's in a dream scenario; great team, great car, relaxed atmosphere etc; going to the exact opposite. He must have had a heart attached when Newey announced he was leaving.................

Actually next year is going to be agreat year for Ferrari, when all teams go to Bridgestone.

 

But . . . who's to say that there might not be a situation with Alonso and Renault just as occured with Button and he stays with Renault in order to assert his dominance for a third year in a row in an effort to upseat Michael's records? With the current pattern of McLaren, Alonso's hopes for another championship are diminished - which is a good thing for Ferrari.

In F1 ANYTHING is possible.

Carol

 

negative. FIA won't really bother that much. if u looked back in 2002, 2004, the Ferrari was damn fast. but, comparing to now, the Renault is not THAT fast yet. Ferrari is still hanging at the tail at the moment. i'm quite sure schumi could have made life a bit difficult for FA is kimi has not held him up, and i think MS has actually more fuel than FA. but anyways, i don't see the FIA interfering at the moment. right now, FIA should do something bout the damn points system and the damn 2 engine rule. i mean, i can't imagine if MS won every race starting from canada till the end, and FA finishing 2nd all the way and winning the title. it's a no brainer at all.

 

If they want to hurt Renault, they'll restrict the aero packages on the cars (like further mandatory chassis regulations) Renault's been the best balanced car on the grid, even during Ferrari's dominant years. Once they added horsepower, you had to figure it would get to this point.

I get your point, though...Mosley obviously feels that the advantages of the manufacturer teams upsets the balance in F1. His intentions are to make the series more about the driver than the car, but it's just not working.

 

all i know is, F1 is in danger of losing it's fans....especially 'new' fans. the spanish and british GP was a classic example. such a boring boring race. it should be more close than that. is the new V8s a solution? i really doubt. what has the V8s have actually proven? imo, just a waste of money and time.

 

I totally agree. If Renault is so dominate why isn't Fisi at the top with Alonso. No doubt in my mind Renault has made a near perfect car under current regulations. But... what will we say when Alonso wins in a Mercedes. I can't remember the last time Alonso has broken his car. Maybe thats his trick. I think Kimi can break any car he drives & Alonso will prove that next year.

 

hehe...canada last year! and thats the next race. but, i've gotta give huge credit to FA. he takes car of the car, and the car takes care of him. dunno bout kimi, is it the car or him? some just say he's a car destroyer....let's see if that happens next year...

 

You never know what they are going to do next. Hell, they might even push everyone down to V6s!

 

Who cares about new fans!!! Look after the current ones then the new will come!!!

Spain has ALWAYS been boring, if it wasnt for Alonso there would be no reason it should remain...

FIA doesnt need to do anything to Reno, what we need to do is to get rid of the idiots that run FIA now.

 

hehe! true! i can't imagine if the veyron or the FXX can do better laptimes...

 

Well they don't really need to, Alonso is leaving next year and going to McLaren. I don't think he'll even be able to finish a race next year because of car trouble.

 

Mosley want F1 to be environmentally friendly - pedal cars only !

 

The FIA needs to put an end to the F1 transmissions and put manuals back in. We'll see who can put up with Monaco if they can do 3,000+ shifts in 90 minutes It might eventually get to where an F1 driver doesn't know how to drive stick. That would be a sad day for me

 

Eliminate this two race engine rule, reduce aero packages, slow the cars by 5%. When you watch Schmacher make adjustments to compensate for each different corner, you wonder if there is too much technology and not enough seat of the pants driving.

 

I personally think what MS does is great. It shows just how good of a driver he is to know how to adjust everything for each particular part of the course and each condition. Sure his engineers tell him some things but others he just knows. If only more drivers had to do it, it would be way more entertaining to see drivers make more of their own engineering decisions during a race.