So what will F1 teams do this year?

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Here's a sobering read just put out by the Imperial College of Medicine;
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperi ... 3-2020.pdf

A brief summary, if the pandemic proceeds as it is:
In total, in an unmitigated epidemic, we would predict approximately 510,000 deaths in GB and 2.2 million in the US, not accounting for the potential negative effects of health systems being overwhelmed on mortality.
Chance of a 2020 F1 season? Zero.

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Rodak wrote:
17 Mar 2020, 01:43

Chance of a 2020 F1 season? Zero.
Chance of a 2021 F1 season? Two minus four

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Pyrone89 wrote:
16 Mar 2020, 23:46
This is a hard one for teams. Focus fully on 2020 and gamble we have races or run these regs in 2021? Or focus fully on the new generation cars and gamble that 2020 is a write off and the regs don't get postponed. Whoever takes the right gamble vs the opposition may enjoy substantial domination
The FIA/F1 are going to have to have a sit down and figure out what they are going to do, and they need to do it relatively soon IMO.

They probably still have a few weeks to think things over, but soon they are going to have to commit to some type of extended timeline for moving forward.

Is this season going to be scrapped in its entirety? Would that mean the 2020 season becomes the 2021 season? And that the revolutionary year for rule change would then be 2022?

Should teams cease immediately in throwing away even more $ on a formula that will never be raced? And move all efforts/energy/money to the new rules? Or will the new rules be pushed back a year?

As mentioned, this stuff needs to get sorted out.

The current global outlook for coronavirus is only going to get worse in the months ahead. We are looking at exponential growth for 3-6 months easily.

An expert recently suggested that in July we will be nowhere close to the finish line with this.

The entire season is almost certainly not going to happen, but how things are going to proceed needs to be sorted out soon.

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Yeah, not gonna happen. FIA and clear, timely and fair decisions
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Seems it's only Ferrari that are preventing the change of the 2021 rules to 2022 at the moment. They "need more time to think".

Of course, if their car is as bad as they themselves claim it is, they'd prefer the new rules to come as soon as possible...
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Just_a_fan wrote:
18 Mar 2020, 19:15
Seems it's only Ferrari that are preventing the change of the 2021 rules to 2022 at the moment. They "need more time to think".

Of course, if their car is as bad as they themselves claim it is, they'd prefer the new rules to come as soon as possible...
Oooh you beast :lol: But Liberty are hoping the racing show will be better with the new cars, is one thing

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Just_a_fan wrote:
18 Mar 2020, 19:15
Seems it's only Ferrari that are preventing the change of the 2021 rules to 2022 at the moment. They "need more time to think".

Of course, if their car is as bad as they themselves claim it is, they'd prefer the new rules to come as soon as possible...
Ferrari have a lot more to think/worry about than others right now, as Italy is hit pretty hard by this whole thing, and they don't even know when the factory might re-open right now.

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IMO - I'd be more worried about some teams surviving this year financially than if we'll have races or not. Think about it; F1 teams make a "living" off "the pot":

https://joesaward.wordpress.com/2017/11 ... ents-work/

Shamefully gonna link this picture from his Joe's article:

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The big pot is money generated through "F1 revenues". I assume this is the money that is generated through what countries pay to hold a race, TV deals etc. Without that, the pot gets smaller, which in the end, means less money for every team. Sure, big teams have sponsors too... but how much will they pay if there are no races and no exposure?
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Dr. Acula wrote:
17 Mar 2020, 01:06
Xero wrote:
17 Mar 2020, 00:47
If 2020 is written off, I expect these cars will be used next season, and the new spec cars delayed a year. With the amount of money spent on developing them it would be bonkers not to race them.
I don't think so. The teams already started to look into the 2021 cars. Also the development is going on regardless if there are races or not. So even if the FIA would postpone the new aerorules by a year. You would never see the 2020 cars on a track if they cancel the whole season. What you will see are 2021 cars build by the old aero rules next year.
You were saying? :P

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433 ... s-pandemic

Makes absolute sense, they're on about freezing development between seasons too. Point being they need to reduce costs as teams will be so much worse off with races being cancelled.

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littlebigcat wrote:
15 Mar 2020, 13:52
Now would be a good time to put back the 2021 technical regulations for a year, but keep the cost cap.
Called it.

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But how will they freeze the current chassis? FIA has not gotten hold of the cars yet as scrutineering never happened?! Send the blueprints now, check them in whichever race actually happens next ?
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hollus wrote:
19 Mar 2020, 21:00
But how will they freeze the current chassis? FIA has not gotten hold of the cars yet as scrutineering never happened?! Send the blueprints now, check them in whichever race actually happens next ?
Would it be viable to have the first race, then freeze?

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That must be the plan, what else? But what if the first race is in 2021?
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