F1 as we know it is comming to an end.
the article
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/28193858/This just had me all up in arms, and sad. I mean they are destroying what the sport is, its starting to look mroe and more like this thing we have in the states called Indy car, Everyone usuing the exact same car, everyone has to tell everyone what they are usuing, It's really gotten boring. F1 has always been (in my eyes) the best racing sport there is, It just seemed to be in a leauge of its own, most of F1 is won in the shop, everyone has different cars and different parts, and it makes it interesting, you never know which team might pull a win out of no where,.
Listen to the drivers in F1 talk, they will always say they did great work on the car, and had a great setup this race, as apposed to indy car wich is the exact same every time "Well we just got lucky and the car was running great, lucy for us the other dude behind me with the exact same honda civiv was a few seconds slower than me...."
and it seems the main reason to this downsizing if you will of F1 is to "save money in a failing economy" Excuse me, since when did the FIA pay for gas? last I cheacked ferrari pays for evey cost of their team, parts, fuel, tires, shiping, ect,ect. And if they dont its probably because a company pays them to use their parts... why? BECAUSE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WATCH EVERY RACE AND COMPANIES WASTE MILLIONS ON ADVERTISING, and "a possibilty of no refuling" that would ruin the race, your whole strategdy is based on when you pit. Now, it would be one thing for say all the sponsors to pull out due to the economy and then teams be forced to downsize, but from what I've read it seems like the FIA is making the dicisions for them, God let compaines choose how they waste their money, if they cant use it on a $10 million sticker, im sure they can waste it on furinature or something.
Well RIP, the list of good sports in this world keeps getting smaller and smaller.
but hey at leas the face of their sport isnt a girl who can only win 1 race in her carrer and do horrible at every road course(the real races)....