NO FERRARI IN 2010?

Ferrari will review its participation in Formula One if plans to introduce a standard engine for all teams from 2010 goes ahead, its board said in a statement on Monday.
Formula One's governing body, the International Automobile Federation (FIA), said earlier this month it intends to bring in the rule to save costs.
"The board of Ferrari, confirming its full support for the substantial and necessary reduction in costs starting with engines, has however expressed strong reservations about the project to equalise or standardise engines," the statement said.
"The board reserves the right to consider, together with our partners, our presence in this discipline."



The FIA issued a statement before this month's Chinese Grand Prix announcing a tender for "a third-party supplier of engines and transmission systems" to be used by all teams in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
The body has argued that the costs of Formula One are unsustainable in the current economic climate and must be slashed to ensure none of the 10 teams leave the sport.
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo, also head of the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA), he recently met FIA chief Max Mosley to discuss cost cutting measures, saying he was satisfied with progress made during the talks.
However, the company's board are not impressed with the standard engine idea.
"The [board] felt that such a move would detract from the entire raison d'etre of a sport with which Ferrari has been involved continuously since 1950, a raison d'etre based principally on competition and technology development," the statement read.
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has backed the FIA's standard engine proposal and rejected suggestions that it might push some manufacturers towards the exit.
"We're trying to get a level playing field," he told reporters earlier this month.
"I don't see why [manufacturers] should leave, we're saving them an awful lot of money I hope. All the technical things will still be there, they can show all of their talent."

 

F1 will be nothing without Frerrari.... it will be a football match but without a ball

 

standard engines will never happen.

 

if they decide to use standardized Ferrari engines in all of the cars, then they might as well change the name of the sport to Formula Ferrari...

 

Alonso also said he would quite F1 if FIA decides to give a green light to that non-sense

 

more like a football match with out the crowd (usual case in the states )

 

hahah true that SRatha. Also is that a RR in your avatar? any other pics of it?

 

well one thing is for sure...

no more Honda.

with the increasing costs of the sport, I predict that F1 is in it's final years.

 

check www.worldcarfans.com, fia struck a deal with cosworth to supply a cost effective race motor and teams who stick to making there own will have to de-tune them. all teams will have to use a tranny from the same supplier as well

 

Oh dude F1 is far from over.

 

andrew65, do you have a source for this information?

I highly doubt Ferrari will pull out anytime soon, but I'm also hoping they never have standardized engines in F1.

 

they are keeping it as a option but not all the teams have to go for it .

 

Their going to get there outside sourced engines and trannies from the American three to keep them a float!

Kidding I hope this is just a rumor and never happens. Even NASCAR has different engines and trannies, tuned the same but still different parts that make the sum of the vehicle....

 

ferrari, mclaren, bmw, renault have all pledged to stay in F1. Honda was a backmarker team unable to make any progress, that is why they pulled the plug. despite the economic down turn they still have plenty of money. honda had been looking for an excuse to pull out of F1 for years now, they just didn't want to admit they were throwing in the towel because they couldn't make their team competitive.

 

I keep hearing its days are getting less.