How to go around the 10 day test limit

[Monstrobolaxa]

Well...I was just thinking about how to test more times then the imposed 10 day limit!

Let start the thought though the following way....F1 teams aren't just one company...for example Arrows was 3 or 4 companies being TWR Arrows the F1 team, TWR the owner of the engineering department and TWR tools the owner of the tools and there was another TWR in the middle...technically the TWR Arrows F1 team went under though the other might not have even closed!.....and some other teams also work this way though usually it isn't public knowledge....I only found this out in a F1 management book and in a magazine!

Now lets look at it this way: Ferrari opens an independent company called F. Testing limited....with FIAT taking over the company! Since Ferrari Spa. is the holder of the FOA right to race in F1 they'll be limited to 10 days of testing.....with the F.Testing limited company buying the cars (for a simbolic price)....now F.Testing being independent can test the cars if they want!...whenever they want! F. Testing can also buy (for a simbolic price) new parts that have to be tested....and can invite Schumacher or Rubens to test their cars!

So technically Ferrari Spa will be testing new parts on their cars.....but under another company name which doesn't have the FOA rights nor is registered in the F1 World Championship....so they can test whenever they want!

What do you all think of this?

[Monstrobolaxa]

Got some more details for my plot!

Well now that we have a new independent company that can test our cars....lets see if we can get away with it without any major problems with the other teams!

So lets see....many teams will say that what we're doing is illegal! So in order for it to be legal lets get the new testing company their staff......so we can fire around 20 mechanics and engineers from the F1 team....and the testing company contracts them! So now other teams cannot say that the people at the tests are the F1 mechanics....cause they aren't....they were fired! So in the FIA court the new testing company has the contracts of all their members....and the F1 team has the paper work showing those members were fired!

Now comes another interesting aspect all the testing performed by the team....will need a driver in order to make it legal all testing has to have written invitation to the F1 driver (with superlicence)! And the cars that are testing are run without any sponsors so that there aren't sponsor contract problems ...also the drivers will test in overalls without sponsors....

Now the drivers contract has to be changed and a clause about testing with other cars outside F1 has to be opened....

Now how to finance the new Testing Company? The Team with the FIA/FOA rights to run in the F1 championship will finance the new company through a process of "charity donations" (which is good tax wise) ....so the testing company with be organized as a non-profitable organization...so all the money that comes in goes to paying the wages to the members....and the rest goes into "Technological Development" (in other words....testing a developing F1 cars).

In terms of cars...the other teams might argue that the testing company team is using the same car as the F1 team.....so the testing company car should be the previous years car.

How I think I've looked at everything....and the plot is legal!

[West]

The plot thickens

[rudo7]

...sounds great
just one thing about the use of last year car -> that would mean they would be able to test only tyres or engine for the new car, right? wouldn't that be a bit difficult to test with a last year car after all the changes f1 cars are going to undertake next year?

[Monstrobolaxa]

...sounds great
just one thing about the use of last year car -> that would mean they would be able to test only tyres or engine for the new car, right? wouldn't that be a bit difficult to test with a last year car after all the changes f1 cars are going to undertake next year?

Well the "F1 team" could build a purposely built monocoque with the correct pickup points for the new engine....tires would be another possibility....and with a few setup and handling tests it would be possible to tune the car in a way that you'd get correct readings even with the new aerodynamic bits! It wouldn't be easy....a few teams have already tested with this years car the 2005 aerodynamic "devices" and haven't really complained too much about it.....so my plot is still working!

[scarbs]

Any one notice Ferrari were auctioning a F2004 this may...?

Dont they use year old cars for most tyre testing...?

[Monstrobolaxa]

Any one notice Ferrari were auctioning a F2004 this may...?

Dont they use year old cars for most tyre testing...?

Now that you talk about it...you're right....they're selling a F2004...in May (they took my idea )

About the tires....you know the answer better then anyone

[West]

Any one notice Ferrari were auctioning a F2004 this may...?

Dont they use year old cars for most tyre testing...?

Maybe they're helping the competition keep up?

[scarbs]

The mad rumour is they sell the car to an agreed third party, this group then test the car free of obligation to the FIA and feed data back to ferrari...

But the testing ban is a gentlemans agreement and of no regulatory value, teams could still do a hundred days testing and get nothing but evil looks form their rivals..