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Miami cops have it figured out: "Officers said they have seen a drastic reduction in illegal street racing since Beat the Heat started in 2007. "We used to have races in the warehouse district almost every Friday, Saturday night. They've completely stopped," Bradley said. Racers told Local 10 that they actually prefer the track. "It's better and it's safer," one racer said. The next Beat the Heat race is May 23 at 7 p.m. at the County Line Drag Way on Okeechobee Road." Florida Officers Battle Drivers in Legal Street Races (Officer.com) |
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Ferrari Says It Will Quit Formula 1 Next Year If New Rules Are Enacted 
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Replying to: steve_ (May 12, 2009 9:14 pm) In particular, FIA announced that each team should reduced its budget down to 45,000,000 Euros for both, next season car development and next season itself. This means less money for materials but also firing many excellently skilled engineers and other team employees. Ferrari and others argued that this money and much more has been spent this season just to develop FIA fancies, e.g., KERS system (brake kinetic energy stored in a heavy battery) which has eventually revealed to be a nightmare for the teams. Only two teams used it last weekend in Barcelona. FOTA (F1 association of constructors) is discussing this situation in a meeting scheduled for next May 24, one week before Monaco GP. Deadline to register car/teams for next season is next May 29. Regards, Jose
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Replying to: jlbl (May 13, 2009 1:30 am) Regards, Jose |
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As I understand the issue, the FIA is wanting to institute a "salary cap" for the teams, which, theoretically, levels the playing field for all competitors. Only one of the four professional sporting leagues in the US does not have a salary cap at all - baseball. There are teams that spend less than $50 million on salaries and other teams that spend over $300 million. I guess the question is -- do the teams share in the revenue equally? Again, baseball teams have their own local revenue streams (TV rights, mostly) .. the team in New York City can negotiate a much larger contract for TV rights than the team in Minneapolis. How true is this for F1?
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Replying to: michaell (May 13, 2009 11:45 am) It's only the old fight between FIA and FOCA fight to control F1. In this case I favour FOCA, yet it is true a sort of counterweight is necessary to keep balance for the sake of F1 and the so called "little" teams. If only FIA decisions hadn't consistently got the fidgets…  Regards, Jose
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Replying to: jlbl (May 13, 2009 12:56 pm) When I lived up north, the local softball leagues had a huge falling out, complete with lawsuits. This is probably more of the same, just with bigger dollar amounts. |
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…Italian team have initiated legal action to try to stop rule changes Londontimes Regards, Jose
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Replying to: jlbl (May 16, 2009 11:44 am)
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Replying to: steve_ (May 16, 2009 1:29 pm) If only, one can tell everyone is speaking about F1 now: bad publicity still is big publicity, or whatever the saying goes. Though FIA and FOCA have managed in the past to stop fights before disaster, may be this time they cannot do it. Regards, Jose PS: Here is the post eventually, where it belongs. (I posted it other thread by mistake!!) |
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