Formula One Cuts Go Ahead

The Sun Herald

Sunday February 28, 1993

Edited by Phil Scott

MOTORSPORT'S ruling bodies are to press ahead with new rules to cut the spiralling cost of Formula One.

The moves were announced in Paris at a three-way news conference of the umbrella International Automobile Federation (FIA), its competition arm, FISA, and the Formula One Constructors Association.

FISA president Max Mosley also announced that the Williams-Renault team would be able to defend its constructors' title this season and that the French Grand Prix would go ahead in July.

Practice times will be cut this season, along with the number of tyres which a team can use, and spare cars can be used only on race day. Measures planned for 1994 are to outlaw sophisticated drivers aids, such as computers and telemetry, and to introduce a single engine per car for an entire event, capable of lasting 600kms instead of 300kms. Both need to be approved by FISA's world council on March 18.

© 1993 The Sun Herald

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