News Details

Ecclestone reveals details of customer car plan

Formula 1 looks set to head down the customer car avenue within the next few years after the matter was discussed at length during a recent Strategy Group meeting. Whilst a number of the smaller teams are totally opposed to the idea, Bernie Ecclestone is pushing ahead with it and took the opportunity on Friday to shed further light on what it entails. "You would make all the chassis the same, and then we would do a deal with one of the engine suppliers. It should work," he said of the proposal which is aimed at boosting the grid and reducing the financial burden on the small teams. WHAT ARE CUSTOMER CARS? The idea behind customer cars is to supply a standard chassis and engine...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Is F1 ready for customer cars again?

F1 News Is F1 ready for customer cars again? Ecclestone, Todt form voting...
11y ago from Formula1Blog.com

Ecclestone pushing to bring back screaming V8 engine

Bernie Ecclestone is continuing to rail against F1's modern-day engine...
11y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Ecclestone still unhappy with engine formula

Bernie Ecclestone remains unhappy with the current engines despite Formula...
11y ago from Motorsport.com

The death of independents moves a step closer

The FIA announced details from Thursday's F1 Strategy Group meeting in a...
11y ago from GrandPrixTimes.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Iker Lecuona gives himself ‘10 out of 10’ after an...

Iker Lecuona believes he showed his ‘speed and potential’ on his...

‘I hope this is my last comeback’ – Marc...

Marc Marquez secured the 100th Grand Prix victory of his career in MotoGP...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar Gateway – Race Results

IndyCar held its only night race of the season on Sunday evening, with...

Josef Newgarden wins spectacular IndyCar battle under...

The NTT IndyCar Series contested its second short oval of the year on...
10h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

‘There have been early discussions' –...

Arsenal’s interest in Aston Villa attacker Morgan Rogers appears to be...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Approach made: Arsenal target PSG revenge by signing...

Arsenal have reportedly made an early move to sign Emmanuel Mbemba from...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Nine World Cups, nine memories

Good morning from Brixton…and apologies for the lateness of today's...
6h ago from Arseblog.com

Arsenal target 19 G/A attacking midfielder as Morgan...

Arsenal’s search for extra attacking quality could lead them towards...
8h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.