Hamburg - The 2009 Formula One season sees a raft of rule changes with the driver's championship decided by number of race wins, tighter aerodynamic regulations, the return of slick tyres, the introduction of Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) and the end of in-season testing.
The most comprehensive rule changes in recent years are all part of the sport's attempt to make racing more entertaining while also cutting costs in an effort to ride out the global economic crisis.
Maranello, Italy - Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has slammed the rule changes introduced by motorsport's governing body, FIA.
Earlier this week FIA said that the world championship would be decided on the number of victories. They also announced a budget cap, to which the Formula One teams had earlier agreed.
In a statement published on the Ferrari website di Montezemolo said that it was absurd to make such changes at this stage.
Jerez, Spain - The new rules for deciding this season's Formula One drivers' title ratified by FIA earlier this week have been met with criticism by some of the sport's top names, including defending world champion Lewis Hamilton.
"I don't really like it," the McLaren-Mercedes driver was quoted by Thursday's Bild newspaper as saying while two-time world champion Fernando Alonso also expressed his unease at the new points system where the driver with the most wins takes the title.
London - There is a deep sense of unease among the larger Formula One teams following the proposal by motorsport's ruling body FIA to introduce a budget cap in 2010 and have a winner takes all points system for the drivers' championship this season.
At a meeting of its World Council in Paris Tuesday, FIA rejected the Formula One Team Association's (FOTA) recommendations to increase the number of points for a win from 10 to 12 and instead plumped for a system where the driver with the most wins takes the title.
London, Mar. 18 : British F1 sensation Lewis Hamilton would have lost his last year's championship to Felipe Massa, had the latest rules of the sport been implemented in 2008.
The drivers' crown will be decided on the number of races won. In a bid to boost risk-taking on the track, Motorsport chiefs have ditched the points system that has been in use since 1950, The Sun reports.
Hamilton, 24, was bringing his pre-season testing to an end in Spain when he heard the shock news.
Paris - The number of wins rather than the highest number of points will decide the Formula One title from the 2009 season onwards, world motorsport federation FIA decided Tuesday.
In the event of two or more drivers finishing with the same number of race wins, the title will go to the driver with the most points, FIA's Motorsport World Council ruled.
The rest of the standings will still be decided on the current scoring system.
Hamburg - The 2009 Formula One season sees a raft of rule changes with the driver's championship decided by number of race wins, tighter aerodynamic regulations, the return of slick tyres, the introduction of Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) and the end of in-season testing.
Maranello, Italy - Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has slammed the rule changes introduced by motorsport's governing body, FIA.
Jerez, Spain - The new rules for deciding this season's Formula One drivers' title ratified by FIA earlier this week have been met with criticism by some of the sport's top names, including defending world champion Lewis Hamilton.
London - There is a deep sense of unease among the larger Formula One teams following the proposal by motorsport's ruling body FIA to introduce a budget cap in 2010 and have a winner takes all points system for the drivers' championship this season.
London, Mar. 18 : British F1 sensation Lewis Hamilton would have lost his last year's championship to Felipe Massa, had the latest rules of the sport been implemented in 2008.
Paris - The number of wins rather than the highest number of points will decide the Formula One title from the 2009 season onwards, world motorsport federation FIA decided Tuesday.
