China Organisers Demanding Changes in F1

[vetalo]

F1 show need to be revamped to attract new generation fans; the era of predicted winners and dominant cars has gone. Full story to supprt this below

Organisers of the Chinese Grand Prix are demanding changes within Formula 1, which according to them is boring and unattractive to sponsors.

The annual Shanghai race is promoted by Juss Event, whose marketing manager Yang Yibin has revealed concerns about the state of the sport.

He said while the local fan base is stable, the overall drawing power of the Chinese grand prix has been in decline.

“There are various reasons,” he told Shanghai Daily, “like one team dominating several seasons (and) smaller teams finding it hard to challenge the bigger constructors, etc. The races are not as brilliant as they were a decade ago.”

Shanghai’s F1 race contract runs until 2017, and Yang said the grand prix is just one of “a lot” of international events in the sprawling city every year.

As for whether the F1 deal will be extended, he insisted: “Changes have to be made to the sport. UBS was the title sponsor of last year’s Chinese GP, but they didn’t extend the contract this year, and there must be a reason for it.

“Maybe we can expect something new when we go into the post-Bernie (Ecclestone) era,” Yang added.

http://www.gptoday.com/full_story/view/521967/China_organisers_demanding_changes_in_F1/

[ManFromMilan]

F1 show need to be revamped to attract new generation fans; the era of predicted winners and dominant cars has gone. Full story to supprt this below

Organisers of the Chinese Grand Prix are demanding changes within Formula 1, which according to them is boring and unattractive to sponsors.

The annual Shanghai race is promoted by Juss Event, whose marketing manager Yang Yibin has revealed concerns about the state of the sport.

He said while the local fan base is stable, the overall drawing power of the Chinese grand prix has been in decline.

“There are various reasons,” he told Shanghai Daily, “like one team dominating several seasons (and) smaller teams finding it hard to challenge the bigger constructors, etc. The races are not as brilliant as they were a decade ago.”

Shanghai’s F1 race contract runs until 2017, and Yang said the grand prix is just one of “a lot” of international events in the sprawling city every year.

As for whether the F1 deal will be extended, he insisted: “Changes have to be made to the sport. UBS was the title sponsor of last year’s Chinese GP, but they didn’t extend the contract this year, and there must be a reason for it.

“Maybe we can expect something new when we go into the post-Bernie (Ecclestone) era,” Yang added.

http://www.gptoday.com/full_story/view/521967/China_organisers_demanding_changes_in_F1/




Thank you Mr. Yang. We need more people to openly criticize the lacking management of F1.

[killer]

Not long ago they were carting kids on school buses and taking them to the GP to fill the seats, then there was that grandstand at the beginning of the back straight the eventually became a billboard. I'm for Mr. Yang's sentiments regarding giving teams the opportunity to catch up with the dominant ones, but I think this press release of his is more him telling Bernie to take the fees down several notches.

[SS454]

A decade ago (2004) Ferrari won 15 of 18 races. Minardi were 4.5 seconds off the pace. Things weren't much different a decade ago.

[Greig]

Maybe the organiser should make their circuit better :-)

[jngr]

A decade ago (2004) Ferrari won 15 of 18 races. Minardi were 4.5 seconds off the pace. Things weren't much different a decade ago.

Actually things were very different: Testing was free all over the year and developement as well.

All manufacturers (car and/or engine) were free to develope and test and finally catch up their rivals.

It's a very very big difference from what's happening nowadays.

[Tony]

As much as I echo his sentiments, parity in F1 hasn't really existed in the time that I've been watching (from the 80's 'til present)... it's very difficult to get all the rules right to make it fair for everyone and even if you did, it would be a really restrictive formula which would make it harder for engine manufacturers to distinguish themselves (meaning you'd basically end up being stuck with a one or two manufacturer formula the way it is in the US now... that's not much fun either)...

Bringing back testing and unlimited development is a must however... at least that adds excitement as it always leaves hope for more competition (even if it doesn't always end up working out)...

[steelstallions]

Actually things were very different: Testing was free all over the year and developement as well.

All manufacturers (car and/or engine) were free to develope and test and finally catch up their rivals.

It's a very very big difference from what's happening nowadays.

Human nature shows its resolve when there is hope, and in 2004 everyone else had the opportunity to bring in totally brand new car mid season it was that open, so always hope of something new. These days with all the restrictions the hope is diminished. Ferrari has given us hope, but if the last race were the top 6 cars followed each other for 54 laps without exchanging or fighting for places, F1 is driving is audience away. 65 million world wide viewers gone in just 2 years

[Tifoso]

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[SS454]

Actually things were very different: Testing was free all over the year and developement as well.

All manufacturers (car and/or engine) were free to develope and test and finally catch up their rivals.

It's a very very big difference from what's happening nowadays.

So with open testing Ferrari still won 15 of 18 races. It would be naive to think the rest of the grid would catch Mercedes simply because there is unlimited testing. For all we know Mercedes would get even better.

The point is, the article referred to a time period when a single car wasn't winning every race, when in fact that is exactly what was happening. Its easy to complain about the most current situation and blame the rules, but go back a few years in 2012 and we had 7 different winners in 7 different races to start the season.

[abbottcostello]

So with open testing Ferrari still won 15 of 18 races. It would be naive to think the rest of the grid would catch Mercedes simply because there is unlimited testing. For all we know Mercedes would get even better.

The point is, the article referred to a time period when a single car wasn't winning every race, when in fact that is exactly what was happening. Its easy to complain about the most current situation and blame the rules, but go back a few years in 2012 and we had 7 different winners in 7 different races to start the season.
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[vetalo]

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