Engine Freeze

There is new rules that will take effect in 2008. The biggest  new rule is "The Engine Freeze". During Qualifying if you change your engine you will be docked 10 places on the grid but as of 2008 that will all change. The new penalty will be that if you change your engine during it's two race cycle your car will have 15kg more in weight added to the car.

Other changes include the move back to single tyre suppliers will be accompanied by a return return to slicks and a ban on tyre-warming blankets.

An other change is  that the WMSC include a mandatory testing limit of 30,000km (18,600 miles) per team per year, a ban on spare cars and a requirement for gearboxes to last four races.

How do you feel about this? Is it good or bad for F1???

I've said before and i'll say it again, Max Mosley should either leave the FIA or just die all together.

F1 has been a fantastic for many years, and now has lost its appeal, i now have to agree with what my dad has been saying, F1 has become to much of a Business and is not the passionate sport it used to be, although Max has done many good things in F1 it doesn't balance out what he has done to make the sport worse.

Ever Since Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna died on that Fateful Imola Weekend in 1994 (although i was only 4yrs old then) The FIA has been to uptight and trying to make the sport a worse place than it has been.

Does anyone Agree????

after 2008 rules are going to change big time, and F1 will probably be a business instaed of just Racing with a passion.

If F1 does Become a Business in 2008 then i probably won't watch it anymore because people won't race for PASSION it will be for Money. And thats not what F1 is about...............

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yeah and it will take more time for the cars to reach top speedsmjk1

[QUOTE="mjk1"]yeah and it will take more time for the cars to reach top speedsaloushi87

maybe it will lead to less predictable races and more crashes

And Limited Testing will definetely hurt the Honda Teamjamie_w_91

it didnt hurt them today lol

Whats the point of getting rid of tyre warmers?? Its only going to cause more problems.
 Texas69

They introduced that rule to the British Touring Car Championship back in 2000 and in the feature race a driver who had just made his tyre stop crashed on cold tyres and missed half of the season. O and another thing, from next year all teams will be on Bridgestone tyres and this tyre is known that it takes trouble getting up to temperature. Drivers who run on this tyre say they need to go flat out on their out/formation laps instead weaving and doing burnouts and hard breaking like the Michelin drivers do to warm their tyres.

Thats exactly right mate. Bridgestone tyres have problems getting up to tempreture. i also don't like the Bridgestone tyre becuase they don't have the grip like Michalin do. i think that they should have Michalin instead of Bridgestone.

Are Good-Year thinking of a comeback????????