Bernie Ecclestone, the FIA and the team principals of the Formula One teams are currently discussing a number of radical proposals that should see costs in F1 dramatically reduced. AMuS has learned that the main focus is now on limiting the resources that are required to actually compete in the races. It is common nowadays that a race team is 60 people and that teams ship their own telemetry servers to each and every event. This heap of data is then fed back to the factory, where analysis and simulator work is done throughout the night to improve the car's setup following the Friday practice sessions. On top of that, several top teams have made it normal to fly out new parts to the tracks...
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