FIA announces 2010 F1 entry list

Jev · Jun 2, 2009

wow! looks like 2010 will be an exciting season...

anyway, is there a limit to how many car allowed on the starting grid?

Xosé Estrada · Jun 2, 2009

Two Spanish teams in F1?... Epsilon Euskadi is not that sure because they have the needed facilities but they failed to get sponsors for the ee2 project @ lemans.

Ok, F1 has way more exposure, but still in the environment we are now, and because political reasons I don't think this project can go ahead.

Cya!.

Damian Henderson · Jun 2, 2009

Jev said:
wow! looks like 2010 will be an exciting season...

anyway, is there a limit to how many car allowed on the starting grid?

26, but they should make it to something like 34....

Damian Henderson · Jun 2, 2009

Brabham submits entry for 2010

Brabham submits entry for 2010

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/s..._name_set_for_Formula_One_return_says_report_

Hannu Karesola · Jun 4, 2009

Epsilon confirms 2010 F1 entry attempt

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75791

Damian Henderson · Jun 4, 2009

And another one wants in!

http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=38061

N Technology

Péter Bártfai · Jun 4, 2009

N.Technology submits F1 application

MSC Organization Ltd, the company that owns the N.Technology racing team and the International Formula Master championship, has submitted an application to join the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship.
The entry has been requested under the N.Technology banner, the team that ran the works Alfa Romeos three consecutive European Touring Car titles from 2001-03 and, more recently, finished third in the WTCC standings in three successive seasons from 2005-07.
The organisation also created the Formula Master series, which has supported the WTCC since 2007.
The team's personnel includes Eurosport CEO Angelo Codignoni, N.Technology team founders Mauro Sipsz and Monica Bregoli, technical director Andrea Adamo and former Trident Racing managing director Alessandro Alunni Bravi.
N.Technology joins Prodrive, Lola, USF1, Team Superfund, Epsilon-Euskadi, Campos Meta 1 and Litespeed on the list of new teams to have confirmed their applications for a place in Formula 1 next year.
The team already has deals in place with potential partners should its application be successful, but no announcements will be made before the list of entrants is confirmed on June 12.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75795

Abdul Al-Amry · Jun 4, 2009

This is great news for F1.

Damian Henderson · Jun 5, 2009

Allready posted here:

http://forum.racedepartment.com/formula-1/18994-2010-formula-one-entry-list-2.html

I think they all belong in that thread, with the amount of teams who want in we could need 50 new threads!

Bram Hengeveld · Jun 5, 2009

Threads merged :good:

Quite surprising since i thought that N-Tech went bankrupt after the WTCC

Request: can we at least post a quote when you bring news. This thread is more a thread full of links now lol

Damian Henderson · Jun 5, 2009

Could not pull a quote from pitpass as they have copyright stuff so you cant copy, + was not on autosport at the time I posted. Will write a quote out manually next time, if get some news thats only from pitpass :wink2:

With all the new teams coming in, I guess its fair to say that a FOTA break away series is a likely possiblity.

Bram Hengeveld · Jun 5, 2009

Let's hope not, if they all stick together in one serie it is gonna be very interesting

Steve Temperton · Jun 7, 2009

Can't wait for the 2010 season. 2009 is already a non-event.

Kyle Evers · Jun 8, 2009

Ross Balfour said:
Two words = Budget Cuts

Too true my friend

Knut Omdal Tveito · Jun 8, 2009

FOTA agrees to drop KERS in 2010

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75945

The Formula One Teams' Association is pushing for the sport to abandon KERS entirely next year, after agreeing that the technology should be dropped as it is now too expensive.

Following a limited take-up of the energy recovery device for 2009, members of the teams' organisation have voted in favour of abandoning it entirely next year on money grounds.

While the move has not been universally welcomed, with BMW Sauber in particular once again keen for it to be retained, the majority decision by FOTA means that the move has now been put into action.

BMW motorsport director Mario Theissen said: "We have voted in favour of KERS but, as with all the other FOTA decisions so far, we will go with the majority."

Although KERS is currently allowed in the 2010 technical regulations, there is nothing forcing teams to run it. At the Turkish Grand Prix, only McLaren and Ferrari competed with the device.

Even if the FIA refuses to change the regulations to outlaw it, FOTA agreement would be enough for the technology not to be used.

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali said that even though his team had invested a lot of time and effort in developing KERS it was for the greater good that the decision had been made to abandon it.

When asked on Sunday night if it was true the teams were pushing for it to be dropped, Domenicali said: "Yes. In terms of the discussion we had within FOTA, we are talking about cost saving for the new teams as well.

"We are the only one together with McLaren who are using it. We invested a lot and we always said that it is difficult for the supporters to understand why there are some cars with KERS and some cars without KERS, so if you have a total logical approach, if we are all together fine then it is better not to have it."

They used the same budget for developing KERS as engine development. And it was all a waste now

Good way to cut costs!

Bram Hengeveld · Jun 8, 2009

Lets cut on some overpaid drivers to then!

Kyle Evers · Jun 8, 2009

Bram Hengeveld said:
Lets cut on some overpaid drivers to then!

Actually they can still make lots of money but they just have to send some of it to us

Mark Birney · Jun 8, 2009

How about each driver has to pay 500 times the position they finished in to lucky viewers! Then again, that would mean Force India and Torror Rosso will be bankrupt by the end of a race weekend...

Richard Trange · Jun 12, 2009

World championship leaders Brawn, plus former champions McLaren and Renault are among the teams that have been told to lift the conditions on their entry to the 2010 championship by June 19 or risk being left off the grid. After days of intense speculation about which teams would comprise the make up for the 2010 championship, the FIA announced that of the current teams only Ferrari, Red Bull Racing, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Williams and Force India have been granted entries.

It means that Brawn, McLaren, Renault, BMW Sauber and Toyota have all been sidelined for now - pointing towards further frantic efforts to try and find a solution to the row over cost cuts.

In a statement issued by the FIA, it said: "These five teams have submitted conditional entries.The FIA has invited them to lift those conditions following further discussions to be concluded not later than close of business on Friday 19 June."

The inclusion of Ferrari and the two Red Bull teams is also a bone of contention, with the outfits likely to claim that they could only be entered if the conditions attached to their applications to race were met.

The FIA, however, believes the teams committed several years ago when they signed deals with the governing body and Formula One Management tying themselves to the sport.

The list also confirmed that three new teams had been granted an entry - Campos Grand Prix, Manor Grand Prix and Team US F1.

Should any of the five current teams not make the cut, then the FIA is evaluating further entries being added.
AUTOSPORT understands there are three or four other teams who are close to being granted entries, and dialogue is still ongoing.

Campos Grand Prix is being run by former grand prix driver Adrian Campos, with Team US F1 headed by Ken Anderson and Peter Windsor.

AUTOSPORT understands the new Manor Grand Prix team is headed by F3 team boss John Booth and former grand prix team owner Nick Wirth.

Team Constructor
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari
Scuderia Toro Rosso STR TBA
Red Bull Racing Red Bull Racing TTBA
At&T Williams Williams Toyota
Force India F1 Team Force India Mercedes
Campos Grand Prix Campos Cosworth
Manor Grand Prix Manor Cosworth
Team US F1 Team US F1 Cosworth
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes* McLaren Mercedes
BMW Sauber F1 Team* BMW Sauber
Renault F1 Team* Renault
Panasonic Toyota Racing* Toyota
Brawn GP Formula One Team* Brawn TBA

* These five teams have submitted conditional entries.The FIA has invited them to lift those conditions following further discussions to be concluded not later than close of business on Friday 19 June.
The maximum number of cars permitted to enter the 2010 Championship has been increased to 26, two being entered by each competitor. Pending completion of the discussions referred to above, further due diligence is currently taking place on other potential entries.