Motorsport.com looks back at how changes to the Formula 1 regulations affected the landscape of the sport in the past. Part 2: the 1990s and the early 2000s. As the sport entered the noughties, the FIA and then-president Max Mosley looked to reign in the cost to compete in Formula 1, the first act being a single-engine specification, as 3-litre V10's became the order of the day. Unable to effectively police the use of traction control, the FIA permitted its use again in 2001, banned the use of beryllium alloys, stipulated a maximum of three rear wing elements and increased the size of the safety cell and cockpit template. Testing was also placed under the microscope with limitations imposed...
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