TEAM REPRESENTATIVES Eric BOULLIER (McLaren), Monisha KALTENBORN (Sauber), ran! TOST (Toro Rosso), To"o #OL (Merce$es), %hris"ian &ORNER (Re$ Bu'' Racin(), Marco MATTIA%%I (errari) PRESS %ONEREN%E The #or'$ Mo"or S)or" %ounci' *ee"s ne+" ,ee-, i".s "he $ea$'ine /or re(u'a"ions /or 01234 In 5es"er$a5.s )ress con/erence ,i"h "he $ri6ers "he5 a'' sai$ "ha" cos" con"ro' ,as "he /irs" or$er o/ )riori"5 /or "he s)or"4 Are 5ou ,her 5ou ho)e$ "o be on "ha" sub7ec" as "he $ea$'ine a))roaches8 A 9ues"ion /or a'' o/ 5ou4 Eric *a5be 5ou.$ 'i-e "o s"ar"4 Eric BOULLIER: Well, I think it depends on where you want to put the shift. There were some discussions, they was some real will to do something for the sport from some teams and I think at the end we achieved some decisions. I dont know yet obviously how much we are going to save. Is it enough, is it not enough? I think its a bit to early to say. But at least lets say there was a commitment to do something and we tried to. Monisha8 Monisha KALTENBORN: Well, in my view we are clearly not there, where we should be and where we wanted to be, at least from our teams perspective. I also dont think we have achieved so far any measurable cost cutting. or us the situation is a little unclear actually at the moment, at least in my understanding if you mention the World !otor "port #ouncil there was a decision taken last year by the #ouncil in which they endorsed cost$cutting as a target and they also agreed in principle to the cost cap and the I% was mandated to implement that. "ince then other decisions have been taken by other groups going in a different direction. ollowing that amongst other teams, ours as well, the non$"trategy &roup teams Id say were asked to bring proposals in about how you can achieve a sustainable cost base while still promoting competition. We did that, we also didnt get anywhere on that. In my understanding I really wonder what the I% is now going to do and how ormula 'ne is going to be governed in this respect. %hris"ian, $o 5ou ha6e an5 co**en" on "ha"8 %hris"ian &ORNER: We spent (uite a while talking about things and so on and weve agreed a couple of things ne)t year which will save money. Testing is reduced, testing will be in *urope rather than overseas, wind tunnel time and #+ ratios have been further reduced. But I think whats important to say is that everything that was agreed in the ormula 'ne #ommission meeting earlier this week was agreed unanimously. That means every team was around the table and every team had the right to vote against it but everything that went through went through on a unanimous basis. Weve got what weve got. I think the most important thing now going forward is stability. Marco, are 5ou ,here 5ou ho)e$ "o be on cos" con"ro'8 Marco MATTIA%%I: irst of all, I think it is remarkable that the drivers are underlining this point. %t the same time, yes, I think we did some progress. ,robably we could have achieved some more. But I keep stressing the point that according to me ormula 'ne should focus at the same time on how to appeal to a broader audience, because I think there is a huge potential for this sport. "o I guess even cost reduction has to be faced in a much more comple) point of view, a large point of view- how to make this product more appealing, how to attract more sponsors. I guess yes we are working e)tremely hard to see where are the opportunities to reduce the cost. I would like to work even harder to see where we can increase the appeal to wider audience. To"o8 To"o #OL: .eah, we had lots of meeting about finding out where we could reduce costs. Its an ongoing saga. .ou know it/s not the case that some teams are against cutting costs and other are for. We are all for sensible cost cutting because even the big teams need to make sure we keep it within a certain framework. We need to make sure that #hristian is not running away with the costs. #hristian needs to make sure that errari is not running away with the costs. This is why we are all in favour, but it is a tricky thing and its difficult to get everybody under one umbrella. "o I guess that what we have done for ne)t year in reducing the in$season testing again, probably to even less the following year. We came back to *urope. %ll these are sensible steps and this must be on our constant agenda to further reduce the costs. Than- 5ou /or "ha"4 An$ /ina''5 ran!: 5our "hou(h"s8 ran! TOST: We have achieved some goals to reduce costs, like #hristian mentioned before, with less testing and testing only in *urope and the reduced costs on the aerodynamic side. %nd we will also in future discuss possibilities to reduce costs. I think this is a longer process because this year we are coming up with a new regulation, and as we all know a regulation change is always in connection with costs increasing. I 0ust hope that in the future we will always continue to discuss how to reduce costs and I am convinced that sooner or later we will come to a target where all the teams are satisfied. OK an$ secon$ one "o a'' 5ou4 There ha6e been e+"ensi6e $iscussions on ,i$er chan(es on "hin(s "o "hin(s 'i-e /or*a" an$ re(u'a"ions in recen" ,ee-s, "hin(s 'i-e a'"erin( "he ri$a5 )ro(ra**e a" race ,ee-en$ an$ "5re b'an-e"s a'' "ha" -in$ o/ "hin(4 #hich *easure ,ou'$ 5ou )ersona''5 *os" 'i-e "o see i*)'e*en"e$8 Ma5be ,e.'' s"ar" ,i"h Marco4 MM: %gain I want to have a wider view about how to improve ormula 'ne and the appeal. %ccording to me, if I could push the button tomorrow, I would like to see a much deeper, wider engagement toward the audience with the drivers. In the end, ormula 'ne is innovation but at the same its entertainment and I think that it has huge opportunity for improvement, for revenues, in engaging the audience, the fan more to ormula 'ne. %ll the other initiatives sound to me '1 to reduce some costs but they sound to me tactical and they dont see the bigger picture, the bigger potential in ormula 'ne. %hris"ian8 %&: I think foremost and utmost ormula 'ne is a show and it has to entertain. I think a race like we had in !ontreal is ormula 'ne at its best. Thats what we need to have and more of it 2 week in, week out. We need to give the public more access, more behind$the$scenes information and engage them more in what we do. I think we need more of !ontreal. 3ow we achieve that of course is the difficulty. ran!8 T: The most important thing about ormula 'ne, which we should not forget, is the entertainment and when we came back to the riday running which we have in this year and as we had it in the past, this is something which was (uite important for the organisers. We have to think how we can bring the cars together, because as we can see today there are two cars far ahead and as long as the parity of the power units is not at a similar level it is difficult to achieve interesting races, apart from the fact if something happens, which was unforeseen. 'nce more its a new regulation, its the first year that we are in there. I think we also have to work for the public to understand it better, what we have produced4 how this new power unit works and how the new regulation has to be interpreted. I think we will do this in future 0ust to increase the interest of the people in ormula 'ne. T,o si'6er cars ou" in /ron", "ha".s so*e"hin( I.* sure 5ou ,ou'$n." ,an" "o chan(e To"o, bu" ,ha" ,ou'$ 5ou 'i-e "o see i*)'e*en"e$4 T#: .ou know I find it ama5ing that we are starting this press conference with two (uestions about cost reduction and cost savings and talking the sport down. We are in a fantastic new venue, we have 0ust come back to %ustria to an historic race, this is the most ama5ing place now. We have had some e)citing races. I admit that lucky for us we are (uite dominant, similar to how 6ed Bull has been in a couple of years and we must talking stop talking ourselves down. I cannot imagine any other sport that would start the press conference in the way like we do, 0ust talking about what it not good. But coming back to your (uestion- I think that what is important is the show and the entertainment and engaging with the audience, to what !arco said. ,robably if I could pinpoint it to a single item, I would say lets stop testing. This is not to maintain our advantage. This is our own little agenda but it/s not important in the broader view of ormula 'ne. But its something which is not important for the spectators. I think they want to have a good show at the weekends. #an we do less testing at the beginning of the season? ,robably we can but then there is a new engine manufacturer you need to take of him as well to get enough miles. Then, some of us wanted to get rid of testing completely during the season. Why not go back to 5ero. But it was not possible and you would be surprised who was actually in favour of in$season testing. If I could make a decision I would say lets not test in season any more. Monisha8 MK: I agree with Toto that we have an e)cellent product here. We have a great platform, its very attractive. I think its high time that we really focused on the people we are doing this for. or a team its mainly the fan and for companies its consumers, customers at the end. We need to really pick up these people, give them a great moment 2 that they want to come with their kids, the ne)t generation, and see that they are having a great show here. They need to remember this kind of a moment, which is not really happening that much. 7ow race in the past have been e)citing or not e)citing. Weve gone through years where one team dominated, so weve had all that before and were still here. "o we realty need to get out to the fans, to these consumers and make sure that they keep their attention to ormula 'ne and thats something we have not been doing recently. OK an$ /ina''5, Eric8 EB: Well, Im the same as everybody. Its the start of a new regulation so obviously there was a lot of change over the last winter. We 0ust want to see closer which makes the entertainment better which will allow us to engage more with the fans and keep the fans happy and I think by having closer racing first you have to bring some stability to the regulation. ;UESTIONS ROM T&E LOOR ;: (Ka"e #a'-er %rash4ne"): In re'a"ion "o "he ans,ers 5ou.6e a'' 7us" (i6en, ,e.6e 7us" an a,/u' 'o" abou" /an en(a(e*en" an$ so'i$i/5in( 2.s )ro/i'e in 6arious "erri"ories4 No, Re$ Bu'' ha6e (o" "he sho,car "ea*4 I ,ou'$ 'i-e "o -no, /ro* each o/ 5ou, an$ %hris"ian i/ 5ou ,an" "o ans,er as ,e'', ,ha" i" is s)eci/ica''5 "o boos" or*u'a One.s )ro/i'e in 5our o,n coun"r5 an$ in o"her "erri"ories "ha" ,e 6isi" a,a5 /ro* a race ,ee-en$8 %&: 6ed Bull are e)tremely active in that area. We have a showcar team that visits countries all around the world, goes to towns or places that ormula 'ne hasnt been before, isnt e)pected to be seen. This year it will run in 89 different venues. We engage with the fan base 2 we have more than : million fans worldwide that are following us through social media, our digital platforms and so on. Were generating a huge amount of hits, whether its through a regulation change or to demonstrate the build of a car. "o we are engaging with our fans and we see our fanbase growing. What else are 6ed Bull doing? Theyve brought ormula 'ne here. Its fantastic to be back in %ustria. Its fantastic to have a home grand pri) and I think what +ietrich !ateschit5 has done in achieving this race and the amount of fans and spectators that there are here this weekend is great to see and its great to see the enthusiasm that there is for ormula 'ne in %ustria. Marco8 MM: It can be done more, definitely. But we have a tradition, we have a thousand of errari fan clubs worldwide, we are dramatically increasing our digital e)perience, we have almost ;8 million people on acebook. But I think that has to be all the teams, a force, because working together in a synergic probably we can sell the product more. +efinitely in the real life we have showcase car but I think today the younger audience spend a lot of time on the web, so I think probably to create an e)perience, even from a brand perspective, on the web is fundamental and we are working on this. "o, thats important. ran!, ,ha" are 5ou $oin(8 T: I think theres rarely a company involved in ormula 'ne doing more than 6ed Bull. %s #hristian already mentioned +ietrich !ateschit5, 6ed Bull, bought the grand pri) back to *urope, thanks and congratulations for this really fantastic event and for this e)traordinary facility. %nd we from Toro 6osso are very closely linked to 6ed Bull and we have, for the ne)t month, a couple of showcar runs in 6ussia 2 because we prepare 6ussia for the &rand ,ri) 2 ormula 'ne is not very well known over there and we sent +aniil 1vyat there. In addition to this, ne)t weekend he will be in !oscow for a press conference, theres also the 6enault World "eries race where he will be, 0ust to promote the race for 6ussia. %nd we have a lot of sponsor activities in *urope with #*,"% but also in %merica and #anada with 7ova #hemicals and I think Toro 6osso is pushing (uite hard to satisfy the fans and make ormula 'ne popular. Monisha8 MK: Well, with the si5e of team we have, we dont have a demo team that we can go around and do these things 2 but we try to do whatever we can, particularly with our partners 2 like with the Telme) &roup in <atin %merica, a lot of activities down there and thats where we try to support, of course, ormula 'ne also with the race also coming up hopefully in !e)ico to do something there. I think where we could do more is particularly around a race weekend. The smaller teams could get together with the others and make the crowds then benefit here more if our drivers would maybe do more 2 or we could 0ust interact more with people. Eric8 EB: Well, its similar, yknow. We are engaging a lot through social media. We are doing some events, we have a demo team running. =enson was doing a 6ussian tour as well last week to meet with the media and press conference 2 so we are almost activating the same. To"o8 T#: .eah, Id like to add to that, social media is growing at an e)ponential rate with us. 'n good days we have more than 9>,>>> new likes on our acebook site. We are almost having the si5e of the !ercedes audience and this shows that that audiences are probably transitioning towards other platforms. Whether you can monetise it in the same way, I doubt it?yet. In terms of activation, we do a lot. We have show car runs everywhere. !ercedes is 0ust launching a big, global campaign around ormula 'ne. .ou can see much more activation around !ercedes$Ben5s motorsport activities globally 2 and this of course is to promote the team but also to promote ormula 'ne everywhere in the world. ;: (Ka"e #a'-er crash4ne") A 'o" o/ 5ou *en"ione$ socia' *e$ia in 5our res)onses4 No, ,e sa, in "he Mon"rea' ,ee-en$ "ha" "he co**ercia' ri(h"s ho'$er ha$ sai$ "ha" he 6ie,e$ socia' *e$ia as a /'ash in "he )an an$ so*e"hin( "ha" $i$n." ha6e "he 'on(e6i"5 "o re9uire our su))or"4 I/ ,e ha6e "he co**ercia' ri(h"s ho'$er ,or-in( a(ains" socia' *e$ia, ,ha" can "he "ea*s $o in "he /ace o/ "ha" o))osi"ion8 MM: This impression that the commercial rights holder is working against media, I think as every evolution, you need to do this carefully, considering that there is a financial model behind, to be migrated to a different way. 7ot necessarily you need to embrace everything without a proper thinking. There is a certain audience that can be interested that is present on social media and another audience that cannot be interested. "o, I believe that there is work in progress and probably that will come up with some kind of solution in the short term but I didnt have the perception that hes working against social media. Monisha, an5"hin( "o a$$8 MK: Im also not aware that hes so much against it. We know that its taken a while for ormula 'ne to do more in social media and its a fact of life today. .ou cant ignore it. %nd since we do have a product which is characterised also that much by e)clusivity, I think we have to be careful and assess very carefully how we open it and how we can still monetise on it because these are revenue streams which, if they come in correctly and the distribution is also the right way, it has, of course, an impact on all the other issues we are combating right now. "o, its all somehow connected 2 but you have to be careful when you open up to these kind of mechanisms. To"o8 T#: What !onisha says is very true, because we have e)clusive content and the commercial rights holder needs to have a long$term strategy about how to monetise the content and if you generate a billion out of traditional T@, you of course are struggling in the short term to give everything to the social media, or into the digital world where you cant generate revenue yet. "o, I think we are at the verge of probably entering into a new era, where its going to transition into the digital world 2 but you have to be very careful, you have to plan and you need to balance the interests of your current partners, and value your current partners, and at the same time make sure that youre transitioning the business case and the business model into the future. ;: (Lu-e S*i"h NB% S)or"s) Marco, ,e sa, "ha" <ene &aas ,as s)en$in( a 'o" o/ "i*e in "he errari (ara(e o6er "he Mon"rea' ,ee-en$4 &o, are "a'-s (oin( re(ar$in( an en(ine su))'5 an$ cou'$ I (e" *a5be so*e 6ie,s on his en"r5 /or 012= ,i"h &aas or*u'a8 MM: We are doing some progress and naturally to enter in ormula 'ne, its a challenge. .ou need to be competitive and so I think there is, again, work in progress and probably a decision will be made in the coming weeks 2 but it is important, the positive thing I believe is to have %mericans who start to look at investing in ormula 'ne, its really an important topic to stress 2 because this is, at the moment, the largest and most important economy in the world. "o, its a good sign that %mericans start to look at investing in ormula 'ne. %side, if you look at 3aas or someone else, I really welcome Anited "tates to look in ormula 'ne. ;: (Mi-hai' Ru$oi Au"o$i(es" Be'arus) ;ues"ion /or Marco4 #hen 5ou ha6e an5 $i//icu'"5 or )rob'e*s or ,or-in( 9ues"ions, $o 5ou ca'' "o S"e/ano >o*enica'i "o (e" so*e *a5be a$6ice or $o 5ou $o e6er5"hin( b5 5our se'/8 MM: I think maybe the main characteristic of a good manager is to listen and to ask (uestion. I think "tefano has been an asset of the company and is an important asset for me 2 so definitely I ask (uestions to "tefano. I listen to "tefano. %t the same time Im the one that makes the choice to bring a new direction within the team. ;: (>ie"er Renc-en Racin( Lines) <en"'e*an an$ 'a$5, a/"er abou" a 5ear.s ,or"h o/ *ee"in(s across "he ,or'$, or*u'a One %o**issions, ,ha"e6er, "he bes" "ha" "ha" "he bes" brains in "he *os" cerebra' s)or" in "he ,or'$ cou'$ co*e u) ,i"h ,as a cou)'e o/ sa6in(s on ,in$ "unne' "i*e, a re$uc"ion on race "ea* hea$coun" o/ ",o, cur/e,s increase$ b5 one or ",o hours )er race ,ee-en$? an$ 5e" ,e.re su))ose$ "o be "a'-in( abou" cos" sa6in(4 Is "his hones"'5 "he bes" "ha" can be $one an$ ,ha" sor" o/ /i(ure ha6e 5ou co*e u) ,i"h4 @ou.re a'' business )eo)'e, 5ou *us" -no, rou(h'5 ,ha" "he sa6in(s ,i'' be4 %&: +ieter, youre very ill$informed because we didnt reduce the number of people by two, we kept it at the same, so? <ook, its an interesting topic and youve followed this and written a lot of column$inches about it 2 but costs in ormula 'ne are one element, the show is another and I think that you have to be careful not to make decisions that affect the show. %nd there were a lot of things that were tabled that, when put in front of promoters and other people that have a vested interest in the sport said, Bwell hang on a second, .ou shorten ridays 2 and you guys were moaning about it as much as anyone 2 to say well that damages the show, that damages the promoters ability to sell tickets and put bums on seats. "o, when you put a group in the room who all have vested interests, whether its the commercial rights holder, the teams and the governing body, and you talk things through, then you realise well actually, while there is cost associated with it, by reducing it, well create more harm than good. "o, therefore, some decisions were made on Wednesday which I believe were in the best interests of the sport. 7ow, some of them arent going to save any money 2 well, most of them arent going to save any money but hopefully what we will get out of it will ultimately be a better show. Monisha8 MK: Well, I said in the beginning that in my view not any measurable cost$reduction has been achieved so far 2 but I think we have to look at a bigger picture here which is that its also been said before, we have to focus at the end of the day on the fans and on the consumers and we have to start right there- what image does ormula 'ne have with them? %nd thats not a good image right now and thats where it all starts. "o, if you find out what it is, you probably come at some point of time, then to points like the cost, that why do they think we may be burning money here. Its very difficult for somebody new to come into the sport today because the financial levels are very, very high. Its very difficult for established teams 2 private teams 2 to stay in the sport, even if youve done that for 8> years or more. "o we have to try to tackle it from there and see, can we, can we do something on the costs? Thats 0ust one aspect of it. What can we do on the show? Because the revenues at the end of the day matter. If they are right. They are generated by the fans and the consumers, not by us teams 2 were 0ust spending the money out there. If thats right, all these other areas again will come into place because probably youre at a sensible level of costs, you can make it e)citing again, keep a diversity in the sport, which the sport needs. "o I think we have to 0ust change a bit our view and having a bigger view on it than 0ust focussing on costs. Eric8 EB: 7ot much to say. An5"hin( "o a$$ ran!8 T: 7o. %s I mentioned already before, we had a regulation change, and a regulation change always will increase the costs. We have not to see how in the future it will come down, on parts or whatever with the costs. The most e)pensive part currently is the power unit. %nd once the manufacturers have stopped the research and development work because they have reached a certain level, I e)pect that these costs will come down, then we have some cost savings on the aerodynamic side and, as !onisha mentioned, that we get a balance with the interest of the people, that we dont lose people, because thats very, very important. ormula 'ne has to stay on this very, very high level and then I dont see any problems for the future. ;: (Ian Par-es Press Associa"ion) @ou s)o-e ,e'' a" "he s"ar" abou" "he nee$ "o en(a(e ,i"h /ans an$ "hen 5ou "ouche$ on ,ha" 5ou.re curren"'5 $oin( ,i"h re(ar$ "o "ha", bu" I.6e no" rea''5 hear$ *uch so /ar b5 ,a5 o/ )o"en"ia' so'u"ions as "o ,ha" 5ou cou'$ $o /or "he /u"ure "o $ra, "he /ans in4 Ob6ious'5 one o/ "he successes in "he )as" ,as "he /ans /oru* /or ar(u*en"s. sa-e ,hich ,as run b5 "he no, $e/unc" OTA4 Is "here a )ossibi'i"5 o/ so*ebo$5 )ic-in( u) "ha" ba"on an$ runnin( i" a(ain across a'' e'e6en "ea*s, no" 7us" )re6ious'5 "he OTA "ea*s8 As I sa5, I.* 'oo-in( /or )o"en"ia' so'u"ions no, as "o ,ha" 5ou cou'$ $o ra"her "han ,ha" 5ou.re curren"'5 $oin(8 To an5bo$5 ,ho ,ou'$ 'i-e "o s"ar" o//4 T#: .oure right, we need to e)plore all avenues and all opportunities. We had some pretty good discussions in the last meeting, engaging with the promoters and I think we need to continue to discuss that with the ma0or stakeholders and !r !onte5emolo has started an initiative to put the most important stakeholders on the table and evaluate all these opportunities. I guess besides a fan forum which for sure was a good idea, there are many other possibilities, be it in real life, be it on the internet or the media. We should look at everything. MM: The digital world is changing every day. *very day there is a new opportunity. +efinitely, it is important, as Toto will say, as our president !onte5emolo has been saying, we need some kind of workshop, all the stakeholders, sponsors, teams to take time and to come up with a business model or strategy to engage more with the young generation, with a wider audience, which kind of channel to use. .ou can go to Twitter, to &oogle, every kind of new media. I dont think its rocket science but you need to do things in a calibrated way because its a very competitive arena where you have impressive sports like champions league, 7B% or 7< that do a remarkable 0ob so I think that you need not 0ust say '1, lets embrace new media, you need to have a very clear marketing strategy that is going to make sure that all the stakeholders will have a return on it, so I think it re(uires time, its a serious e)ercise and I think we started a process. "o Im e)tremely confident that we started a 0ourney to go in that direction. EB: There is no magic wand, you know, there are no secrets. .oure obviously going to have to dig it out, you know, so you need to work and as long as we keep the discussion open and we know what we want to achieve we need to ad0ust to all the actions which is individual actions or around the track as well. %s you said, there were some forums organised in the past, maybe its going to come up again. Its 0ust that we obviously need to ad0ust during this process where we are changing ; for the future. ;: (%hris"ian Ni**er6o'' Mo"ors)or" To"a'4co*) To "he re)resen"a"i6es o/ "he bi((er /our "ea*s: "he Le Mans 0A hrs 'as" ,ee- (enera"e$ a hu(e /o''o,in(, )robab'5 bi((er "han in )re6ious 5ears4 Is an5 one o/ 5ou (u5s consi$erin( a Le Mans )ro(ra**e in "he /u"ure, or can 5ou i*a(ine "o consi$er i"8 T#: Well, you know, for !ercedes its a tricky one. ,ast attempts werent really successful. Its a serious e)ercise, if you consider the resources which are deployed to be competitive in <e !ans, it is at ormula 'ne level, but nevertheless, as a racer, I must admit its an ama5ing race. I spent three hours in front of the live timing and I couldnt move away because it was so e)citing in the night, detrimental to my family life but very e)citing indeed. %&: 3ow did your wife feel about you looking at live timing in the middle of the night? T#: "he was (uite upset with me, actually. %&: I bet she was. %&: "he was (uite upset with me. %nd, erm... 7ow youve put me off. .ouve derailed me. "o no plans to do <e !ans from our side. %&: I was not looking at the live timing in the middle of the night. It was obviously a great race, e)citing race. It shows that different technology can produce close racing. .ouve got a normally aspirated, a diesel engine very similar to what we have here and it was still close racing, so maybe theres a few things that ormula 'ne can learn from it but I think that <e !ans was an e)citing race, it was great to see our old driver, !ark Webber, doing very well. Anfortunate for him, with a couple of hours to go that obviously they ran into difficulties but its a different thing. <e !ans is one race, its a spectacle, its a 8C hour race. ormula 'ne is a totally different kettle of fish, its a sprint race that happens ;:D;E times a year but of course theres always things you can learn from other activities. MM: irst of all we were at <e !ans and we won the category with car 9;, with a C9: so it was a remarkable achievement. 3aving said that, its good to look at other series, what can be migrated to ormula 'ne but ormula 'ne is ;E races and I believe that it is a worldwide platform so we need to consider that there is a very good base to start from. 3aving said that, myself, personally and my team, we are ;>> percent focused on ormula 'ne. I have to do my 0ob here at the moment so I cant have this distraction. EB: "o no to your (uestion, but its true that <e !ans is a one event in itself. 'bviously Ive passed some years there so I know a little bit how it works and I did show up there on riday 0ust to have a look but there are a couple of things that we should look at how they run their hybrid energy storage and stuff like this. !aybe there is something we could learn and get into ; but its different racing.
;: (Si'6ia Arias Parabrisas) Ta'-in( abou" Le Mans, "here are so*e ru*ours "ha" *a5be /or "he ne+" 5ear "he races ,i'' s"ar" ,i"h "he sa/e"5 car in /ron"4 #ou'$ 5ou 'i-e so*e"hin( 'i-e "ha", "o i*)ro6e "he sho, or ,ha"e6er8 MK: Well, not too long ago weve had (uite a discussion on safety car starts and things like that so I think what weve now managed to agree there is the right thing I think. We should focus on what now we have changed for ne)t year and see how thats going to affect the viewers and the show and then lets take it from there, so lets not 0ust start getting wildly into actions and trying to 0ust change because we need to do some action. ;: ('a6io Vane""i %orriere $e''a Sera) To Marco Ma""iacci: ,e ha$ an in"er6ie, b5 Luca $i Mon"e!e*o'o in "he #a'' S"ree" Bourna', "hen he $is*isse$ "he in"en"ion o/ errari "o 9ui" or*u'a One bu" in case 5ou $on." see "he chan(es 5ou.$ 'i-e "o see in or*u'a One, can 5ou consi$er "he )ossibi'i"5 "o 'ea6e "his ,or'$ or no"8 MM: I dont want to work with that perspective. I know that ormula 'ne is about errari, and that errari is about ormula 'ne. I want to work, we will work, the president will work in order to improve and to make sure that we will have a ormula 'ne that will appeal to a wider audience, so at the moment I will not consider the scenario. ;: (Pe"er Va*osi Vas Ne)e Kia$oi KT) To a'' o/ 5ou: ho, $o 5ou 'i-e Mr Mon"e*o'o.s i$ea o/ in"ro$ucin( "hir$ cars in each "ea*8 >o 5ou ha6e a $ri6er /or "ha"8 T: irst of all, we currently have eleven teams, 88 cars and as long as these eleven teams stay in ormula 'ne, theres no reason and no need to bring in a third car. MK: I agree with ran5. Were there to be a need, it wouldnt first of all be a good thing for ormula 'ne because obviously then some teams would no longer be there. I think its an interesting idea. The idea has always been coming up since a long while and maybe we could even use that to improve the show. I think there could be smart ways to see how you could actually use that car but the least problem I think wed all have would be with the drivers. I think we all have enough. EB: irst, there is a limitation on the number of cars per race, so obviously if you would go, as ran5 said, if you would go three cars per team now, there will be too many cars and that means that some cars would not race. I think the idea to run a third car is... unfortunately, if we had less teams, that could be a means to obviously run enough cars on the grid, but your (uestion about drivers, dont worry, there are enough around. T#: .eah, I agree with what all three have said. %t the moment we have eleven teams and hopefully they stay in ormula 'ne but the past has shown, the last 9> years have shown that some teams come, some teams go. 7evertheless, if it falls below a critical level, which we estimate as a critical level, having a third car could be a way of filling up the grid and there could be interesting discussions about promoting that, putting young drivers into the cars and weve had many of those discussions and I think you need to have a fallback scenario in case we are really running into difficulties, but our agenda right now needs to be to keep the grid as it is. %&: 7othing really to add, its not relevant at the moment. MM: We have always been... we are in favour to have a third car, in particular if we understand the opportunity to give this car to a young driver, the other driver for different geography. I think looking to improve the show, I think it could be a great opportunity and we are in favour of this.
Rayya Abdallah David Abdallah, As Next of Kin of Baby Boy Abdallah, and On Their Own Personal Behalf v. Wilbur Callender, M.D. Government of The Virgin Islands, 1 F.3d 141, 3rd Cir. (1993)