Re:Honda quits F1, invests in carbon-free tech instead
by snuxoll on Sunday October 04, 2020 @11:16PM
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The FIA, seeing as they are the main sanctioning body for Motorsport worldwide outside of America-centric series like NASCAR and Indycar.
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Re:Honda quits F1, invests in carbon-free tech instead
by zizee on Monday October 05, 2020 @01:12AM
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What are the implications of that exactly?
Re:Honda quits F1, invests in carbon-free tech instead
by wastedhours on Monday October 05, 2020 @04:12AM
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Unless F1 and FE merge, F1 cannot become fully electric until the end of the exclusivity period. It's a gamble by F1 that the world (and more specifically, the teams and manufacturers involved) won't be ready for a full-electric pinnacle series by 2039 (i.e. speed and name recognition parity).
All F1 teams have signed the Concorde Agreement until 2025 - which means they're "committed" in one sense or another. I don't think FE will be in a position to attract Mercedes and Renault fully by 2025 (the two mass-market manufacturers who'll be most heavily influenced by the move to fully electric, with toes already in the waters in FE).
The late 2020s will be a lot of political posturing, and should FE look to be attracting F1 backmarkers with promises of cheaper overheads, more future-relevant tech and decent audiences in addition to manufacturers, 2030-2039 will be interesting as heck.