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The wealth of Bernie Ecclestone has dropped by over £930 million this year in comparison to 2008; the F1 supremo and commercial rights holder of the sport does remain in the top 25 of Britain's richest people, however, and is the only Formula One personality to be seen anywhere near the top of the list.
Ecclestone's fortune, despite dropping by £934 million in the last twelve months, now comes in at £1,466 million on The Times' annual rich list which places him 24th outright. In 58th place, however, is Slavica Ecclestone from whom Bernie divorced last year, coming in at spot 58 with a net worth of £734 million.
Also featuring on the prestigious list are motorsport faces such as Renault's Flavio Briatore (£110), Donington Park owner Tom Wheatcroft (£100 million) Lola owner Martin Birrane (£109 million), McLaren's Ron Dennis (£87 million) and former team owner Eddie Jordan on Ireland's list (£40 million).
Leading the way for drivers are Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton, making the under-30s list with net amounts of £40 million for the former and £25 million for the latter, whose current 5-year McLaren contract (now in year two) is believed to be worth £100 million. Retirees include Eddie Irvine (£80 million) as well as Scotland's David Coulthard (£45 million) and Jackie Stewart (£41 million).
obtained from: GPUpdate.net
The additional £10million also allows the current teams a further degree of leeway, although they may still feel it does not go far enough.
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Teams, though, will still have freedom of choice as to whether to be governed by the cap. However, those that opt out face certain restrictions. Any team operating within the budget will be allowed to use movable front and rear wings and, most crucially, an engine not subject to a rev limit.
Those teams will also be allowed unlimited out-of-season track testing, with no restrictions on the scale and speed of wind-tunnel testing.
HOW REGULATIONS WORK
::: Engines - No rev limit for capped teams who will also be allowed to use more than eight per season; uncapped will have to operate at a maximum of 18,000rpm and remain restricted to no more than eight.
::: Gearbox - Currently each driver may use no more than one gearbox for four consecutive races. That will not apply to the capped teams.
::: Bodywork - Capped teams will be allowed movable front and rear wings; uncapped will have front wing only.
::: KERS - Capped cars will be allowed double the boost from the system that stores energy under braking, which will be worth around 13.5 seconds per lap, compared to 6.7s for uncapped cars.
::: Testing - Capped cars will be allowed unlimited out-of-season track testing; uncapped will continue to be limited to 15,000km.
::: Wind tunnel - Unlimited use of a full-scale facility for uncapped teams; capped teams are limited to a 60% of full-size model and at a speed not exceeding 50 metres per second.
In addition, the FIA have also confirmed from 2010 there will be a ban on refuelling during a race and on the use of tyre warmers for all teams.
dmitc wrote:In addition, the FIA have also confirmed from 2010 there will be a ban on refuelling during a race and on the use of tyre warmers for all teams.
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12433_5262980,00.html
Can someone explain to me what they mean by this
Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
1 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:21.799 21
2 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:22.154 0.355 30
3 5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:22.221 0.422 24
4 6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:22.658 0.859 14
5 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:22.659 0.860 24
Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
1 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:21.588 43
2 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:21.740 0.152 40
3 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:21.781 0.193 36
4 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1:21.843 0.255 39
5 14 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:22.027 0.439 37
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