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    F1 FOTA Fan Forum – New Teams and Driver Skill

    July 1, 2010 - By 

    This is live blogged at the Santander F1 FOTA Fan Forum. It will possibly contain errors and missed sentences. For the full story, make sure you catch the videos later. Updated 4/7: added video Luca Coliani Tony Fernandes James Allen Martin Whitmarsh Jock Clear Paul Di Resta ?? How are the new teams? TF: we are pleased, we got there late, building 5 months, remarkable job. every race we have improved. we deserve to be there, we are closing gap. it has made a little bit of excitement, a few dreams come to. FOTA tries very hard to help new…

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    F1 FOTA Fan Forum – Environment

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    This is live blogged at the Santander F1 FOTA Fan Forum. It will possibly contain errors and missed sentences. For the full story, make sure you catch the videos later. Updated 3/7 with video Luca Coliani Tony Fernandes James Allen Martin Whitmarsh Jock Clear Paul Di Resta JA: FOTA announced about cut in carbon emissions, new engine formula Martin: Fuel allowances? reduce on year, making engines more efficient? TF: Danger is too much testing, then costs go up, and emissions go up. Not sure how to police it…ideas that should be considered. It needs to be from tech, the tech…

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    F1 FOTA Fan Forum – Cost vs Innovation

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    This is live blogged at the Santander F1 FOTA Fan Forum. It will possibly contain errors and missed sentences. For the full story, make sure you catch the videos later. Update 2/7: Video added Luca Coliani Tony Fernandes James Allen Martin Whitmarsh Jock Clear Paul Di Resta Joe Cardoza: So McLaren with Fduct, then copied, then FIA ban it..does this make sense. MW: not a good example, there’s a broader story. I fought for tech, without regard for cost when starting as engineer. F1 has to be at forefront of technology, but we have to keep and sustain all the…

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    F1 FOTA Fan Forum – The Overtaking Question

    July 1, 2010 - By 

    This is live blogged at the Santander F1 FOTA Fan Forum. It will possibly contain errors and missed sentences. For the full story, make sure you catch the videos later. Update 2/7: I’ve added the video Luca Coliani Tony Fernandes James Allen Martin Whitmarsh Jock Clear Paul Di Resta Christopher Nolan: F1 has reached a turning point, FOTA has won concessions, FIA under new management. Circumstance, luck and tech. is it diff to find solutions to overtaking. Can the rules be relaxed to allow this? MW: A popularise view that we should have more overtaking..in first few races we did…

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    F1 FOTA Fan Forum – Fan Experience and Show

    July 1, 2010 - By 

    This is live blogged at the Santander F1 FOTA Fan Forum. It will possibly contain errors and missed sentences. For the full story, make sure you catch the videos later. Update 2/7: I’ve added the video from the event Luca Coliani Tony Fernandes James Allen Martin Whitmarsh Jock Clear Paul Di Resta Q: Daniel Hughes. What are FOTA doing to reduce cost of GP? YOu did say 12 months ago (I think) that you were doing something to reduce costs but they are no less this year. MW: Don;t recall making statement; but may have! regrettably the teams have no…