F1 shake up........probably not.

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From Autosport this morning.......

EXCLUSIVE! The FIA's nine-point plan

Teams ready for full-scale battle over future rules

Thursday's issue of AUTOSPORT magazine reveals details of the nine-point plan that motorsport's governing body, the FIA, has sent to the Formula 1 teams with the aim of transforming the sport's 'show' and slashing escalating costs to compete.

AUTOSPORT has obtained a copy of the controversial secret FIA document, which will be discussed at the next meeting of the F1 Commission at the end of this month.

The nine points are:

1) Driver swapping drivers race every car on the grid during the course of a season.

2) Aggregated qualifying four half-hour sessions on Fridays and
Saturdays at grands prix.

3) Bespoke tyres rubber suppliers can produce different tyres for each of their teams.

4) Success ballast a penalty of 1kg in ballast weight per point scored during 2003.

5) Testing restrictions - limit testing during the 2003 season to just 12 days per car.

6) Aerodynamic freeze from 2003 only two sets of bodywork can be homologated at the start of the season.

7) Long-life engines one engine per weekend in 2003, one engine per four races in 2004, and one engine per eight in 2005.

8) Long-life gearbox gearbox assemblies to have requiered life for a number of races.

9) Standardised parts all teams would have to use standardised
electronics, ECUs, brakes and fixed ballast.

For more details, see this week's AUTOSPORT magazine.