23:47 hrs, Monday

Hi there everybody,
this is my first blog so i'm still learning the ropes on how to blog. Well I have been studying thew world of F1 for the past 3 years or so. Of course thats not great compared to some other people out there but I just felt that maybe I could share my views about the sport with others and also learn its intricacies from them. To start with, F1 today is changing as rapidly as ever. New rules, new teams, new controversies etc.. and from the look of it, it will never be the same again, unless of course an initiative is taken to help it regain its past glory. The growing discontent on the faces of the team bosses and officials and the inefficiency of the FIA has given rise to new threat, that may as well shake the very foundations of the sport. The teams are dissappointed with the FIA and also have differences among themselves. Variation of opinions has made the gap grow large slowly, but steadily. Viewership is falling, costs are rising, profits are less - these concerns have indeed kicked up a silent storm in the F1 world. While there is still hope saving the sport, there is also speculation of failure. The GPWC fracas was recently laid down to rest, but that has not extinguished the fire of rebellion within the F1 empire. There is another series which is being formulated by team bosses, as a rival to F1. Their concerns are many -

- Rising costs
- Ferrari domination(although that is decreasing, but one still cant say)
- FIA's inefficiency
- Unequal distribution of profits

there may be others, which I cant remember for the moment.

The Concorde Agreement is just a string which loosely links the two groups - FIA and F1 teams.

It seems to me that the controllers and participants are more worried about their profits than they should be about the sport.

Agreed that everyone is entitled to some equal profit and that discrimination should be fought against, but then how money-hungry can one be. This is not the case with one person ,but is something practised by everyone. The team bosses want more money, Bernie wants more money, when will this end ?!!

Although Bernie Ecclestone is a person who can save the sport with his acumen, his judgement comes at a high price. The team bosses are not happy with him and with the FIA, so of cousre they are thinking of breaking away. In fact the rivalry has reached such great heights that mutual understanding and problem-solving is considered impossible to carry out. Instead of focussing on the weak areas, there is diversification in various directions.

If this continues, there is bound to be some serious, painful end to this problem. Lets hope its the demise of F1, lets just hope it will be a reform for a better future.
Anuj.