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The details and objectives of the GPWC

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26/01/2005

Principal Objectives

To establish a framework for Grand Prix Motor Racing which:

  • Retains Grand Prix Motor Racing’s position at the pinnacle of motorsport
  • Provides the basis of a long term plan for the prosperity of Grand Prix Motor Racing and all its stakeholders, including teams, sponsors, and circuits
  • Supports and encourages the participation of independent teams through technical assistance and engine supply
  • Attracts, excites and provides good value to fans globally
  • Is open, transparent and fair in commercial, technical and sporting governance
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Technical Format

  • Rule stability to encourage innovation, cost control and economic certainty.
  • To maintain Grand Prix Motor Racing as the most advanced motor racing formula
  • Sufficient opportunity and technical freedom for teams, engine manufacturers and suppliers to use the sport to showcase their technology through differentiation and innovation and to challenge their engineering skills.
  • To eliminate high cost technologies which do not provide differentiation or have relevance to other industrial sectors.
  • To provide a safe environment for drivers, spectators, team personnel and race officials.
  • To reduce costs in a structured and well planned manner that does not surprise the teams or result in unforeseen consequential costs.
  • To evaluate cost cutting proposals in the wider context of the sport’s appeal to its fans and balancing them with the requirements of the technical challenge.
  • To achieve fastest lap times on any grand prix motor racing circuits.
  • To include technologies relevant to current and future mainstream road cars.
  • Driver skills should remain a differentiating factor.

Sporting Framework

  • To entertain, excite and attract spectators, viewers and sponsors
  • To attract the best available drivers, circuits and team personnel in the world.
  • To maintain perception of sporting “purity” with no artificial handicapping.
  • To ensure results are instantaneous and available immediately.
  • To reward good teamwork.

Commercial and Sporting Governance

  • To provide substantive fairness for all competitors and other stakeholders in respect of all aspects of the sport including sporting, technical and commercial matters.

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