Formula One: Formula for the Future
FIA president Max Mosley is expected to unveil his proposals for radical changes to the aerodynamics of formula one cars a year early.
Max Mosley, the FIA president, is expected to offer a glimpse of formula one's future today when he unveils his proposals for radical changes to the aerodynamic specifications of the cars. These modifications were due to be introduced from the start of 2008 but Mosley hopes they can be brought forward by a year if they receive the unanimous support of all competing teams.
The planned changes, which were developed in conjunction with the FIA's technology partner AMD, will be announced on the eve of what promises to be a tense battle for the constructors' world championship. McLaren begin tomorrow's race in Shanghai defending a two-point lead over Renault after Kimi Raikkonen's victory in last Sunday's Japanese grand prix.
Yesterday Raikkonen and his McLaren team-mates Juan Pablo Montoya and test driver Pedro de la Rosa set the pace at the front of the field in free practice. Ricardo Zonta's Toyota and Fernando Alonso's Renault also went well while Jenson Button took eighth place after recovering from a viral infection that had confined him to bed on Thursday.
Nico Rosberg, son of the 1982 world champion Keke, said in Shanghai yesterday that he has been told by Williams that he will be part of their team next season. Although he has been guaranteed one of two vacancies at his father's old team, the 20-year-old has yet to find out if he will partner Mark Webber or take the test driver's slot for 2006.
The planned changes, which were developed in conjunction with the FIA's technology partner AMD, will be announced on the eve of what promises to be a tense battle for the constructors' world championship. McLaren begin tomorrow's race in Shanghai defending a two-point lead over Renault after Kimi Raikkonen's victory in last Sunday's Japanese grand prix.
Yesterday Raikkonen and his McLaren team-mates Juan Pablo Montoya and test driver Pedro de la Rosa set the pace at the front of the field in free practice. Ricardo Zonta's Toyota and Fernando Alonso's Renault also went well while Jenson Button took eighth place after recovering from a viral infection that had confined him to bed on Thursday.
Nico Rosberg, son of the 1982 world champion Keke, said in Shanghai yesterday that he has been told by Williams that he will be part of their team next season. Although he has been guaranteed one of two vacancies at his father's old team, the 20-year-old has yet to find out if he will partner Mark Webber or take the test driver's slot for 2006.
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