Will F1 survive another year of coronavirus pandemic? "Going to be very difficult"
In the United Kingdom, stricter measures against the coronavirus are in place as of Wednesday. It is becoming increasingly apparent that this situation will continue through into 2021 and according to Kees van de Grint (former Bridgestone tyre specialist), this could have major consequences in Formula 1.
"Honda's withdrawal is bad luck for Red Bull, is a pity for Verstappen, but is much more indicative of Formula 1", he says in Slipstream on RTLGP's Youtube channel. "According to insiders, Formula 1 has another year like this, with corona and everything... That's going to be very difficult and then teams are going to collapse".
TV rights money is dropping fast
"If I am properly informed, they get 50% less of the money they got last year. And last year was already less than what they got under Ecclestone. Then you have to make drastic cuts and there are also voices that want to make the budgetcap even lower now, because otherwise they will not last."
Conversational partner Allard Kalff immediately sees the positive side of this. Perhaps Red Bull will have so much money left over that they will be able to pay for the further development of the Honda engine themselves.
There must still be plenty of money in F1 given what obscene amounts some teams spend on their cars and drivers.
It's time Mr Chase and the FIA really put their foot down and got control of this spending - driver's salaries should also come out of the budget cap - and got rid of all the fancy expensive bits and pieces.
Perhaps then we will have an F1 that's worth watching not the boring fiasco we have now. Surely I'm not the only one who prays for rain at every race.
Most of F1 problems is because of hybrid PU.
Insanely costly PU, which is only an intermediate "hypocritical fair solution", bridging from combustion engine to electric. Hybrid is giving a slightly "more efficient power", but to the employee family car, to let those individuals feel "green".
Hybrid PU and absolute power don't match, hybrid PU and F1 have opposite goals.
The pinnacle of motorsport heads to absolute speed performance, hybrid PU goal is efficency, beeing speed and speed up basically unimportant, to be sacrificed.
Looks folks..it's about money and the show..Chase is worried worried because YOU the consumer/fan will not accept the 2021 ..racing...the teams have to move forward...agree to bow their heads ..it acknowledges the fundamental decisions as to why F1 is dead
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