We need proposals for regulations to come into force no later than 2011. These should be delivered to the
FIA by 3 October 2008 and be sufficiently detailed to allow precise rules to be drafted.
Reduced Costs
It is for the teams to decide how to reduce costs and also to decide if there should be restrictions on the development budgets of the manufacturer teams and, if so, what these should be and how they would be enforced.
The rules must also allow a back-of-the-grid independent team to operate profitably.
Teams which design and develop their own drive train (usually manufacturer teams) must be prepared to supply a complete and fully competitive drive train to an independent team at very low cost. We would suggest about 2 million Euro per season per team. The complete drive train would include all the new energy-saving technologies (eg KERS) and cost would be a design constraint as it is in the car industry.
Among possible cost savings which the teams may wish to consider are: restrictions on simulators, wind tunnel use, CFD and other home-base facilities, together with long-life chassis components, up to ten-race drive trains, no gear ratio changes during life of drive train, current parc fermé rules extended for entire race weekend and other proposals to reduce the cost per kilometre of operating a
Formula One car and the costs of going racing.
We would not object to shared technology, eg of core engine.
Measures to reduce costs must not affect the spectacle in any way.
Improved fuel efficiency
The objective is a 20 per cent reduction in fuel consumption for 2011 progressing to 50 per cent in 2015, while keeping lap times and top speeds at current levels.
We believe this can best be regulated by placing a limit on both fuel flow and the total quantity of fuel used in the race (thus limiting both maximum and average power). The road-relevant research objective would then be more power from less fuel.
