The emergency plan adopted by the with the may 19 race to the rescue of the formula 1 season this year, delicate contours, the bosses of Motorsport-king class now hope even to have a healing effect in the struggle for Survival of some of the Teams by the Corona-crisis.
“It is painful, but the Sport will have a future,” said formula 1 Director Ross Brawn: “I think that we will be stronger if we survived.”
Teams in short-time working, nine cancelled or postponed the race, not income. The idle may be to the big threat of the series, especially since, in spite of a targeted season starts at the beginning of July in Europe at the moment, ultimately, only one thing: uncertainty.
the need for action is, nevertheless, now even more so. Brawn appealed in an Interview with British broadcaster Sky Sports to the good sense and insight of all Involved in the for years, hot discussed and probably the most sensitive issue in this multi-billion circus formula 1: the output upper limit.
The 2021 approved $ 175 million (161 million euros) should be reduced. The corona crisis have created an opportunity to take a second look at it and to consider what is realistic and reasonable, – said Brawn. “It would be irresponsible to ignore that.”
All were for $ 150 million, “and a large majority – including one of the Top Teams – is ready to go significantly below $ 150 million,” said the recent McLaren-CEO Zak Brown of the BBC. According to media reports, Mercedes is the Top of the Team would agree to an even more marked reduction. The two that have their major problems with this should be Ferrari and Red Bull for years, also quite as large issuers known.
“people here are trying in difficult times to his own advantage to maintain,” criticized a TV pundit and Ex-formula 1 driver Christian Danner Ferrari in an Interview with RTL/ntv. The Scuderia scissors not at all the other nine Teams, said Danner. Apart from the industry giants Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull, the water is standing all “up to the neck,” said Danner.
“We have to call us to customize all the new circumstances,” confirmed Brawn – without a name. The 65-Year-old but knows to be only too well where and how much money the Teams spent in order to be successful. He was at Benetton, Michael Schumacher in the mid-1990s, the first two of his seven world Championships-won the title and later also the success of helping at Ferrari, as Schumacher from 2000 up to and including 2004, the remaining five triumphs import. Perhaps the time is now for a Reset to come, said Brawn.
when came the time for the first race this year, it will show. Mind games suggest that it is at 5. July in Spielberg, Austria might go off. Stress weeks follow. “Once we know that we can get started, could we really see two to three Grand Prix per month,” said international automobile Federation boss Jean Todt to the specialist portal “motorsport.com”. Extending the season through the end of the year, he thinks is not likely, but it could come to be.
to be able to a title this season will be awarded – it could be the truly historic seventh for Mercedes Star Lewis Hamilton – has to start the formula 1 at the latest, in October. Otherwise, it works even with the minimum number of eight races for a World championship. 22 Grand Prix were planned in this year originally, as many as never before in the world Cup since 1950.
in Order to save what can still be saved, is Brawn the Fans on the spirit of the race. A Grand Prix without spectators is not great, “but it is better than not driving at all”. The Teams could be tested by Charter plane to arrive, everyone would. So to ensure that there is no risk.
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