Toto Wolff tells Brawn to 'stop provoking' Ferrari

The problem here is that although the impressive engineering that Merc have done to get a 50% efficient engine is not going to make it to road cars in the next 10 years and so using F1 as a springboard for future technologies, whilst as an engineer is a great idea, as an F1 fan and car using commuter it is very hard to see the benefit. This is Brawns point; a simplified, cheaper, easier to be competitive, easier to buy and integrate engine will, to the public, be better not worse......

I'd love to see a 50% efficient engine in a road car, but I'd love to see more than 3 laps of a GP where cars are racing each other too.

Keep prodding him Brawn, you've got the support of the fans.

Ok why do there need to be “manufacturers”? I guess Ford were the first to see a marketing advantage by being associated with F1 which is why they gave Cosworth £40k to put their name on the cam covers of almost every DFV engine for over 2 decades. No company will ever see such a rich return in F1 ever again. As I see it, the “Manufacturers” are holding F1 to ransom. Nothing they propose is acceptable to the actual fans, so, I propose that the 2 main protagonists (the ones causing the rift you know who I mean) take a long hike from a short pier.. Don’t leave angry, just leave.

I sorta dont like it when people talk for "the fans" as if they talk for everyone, but I will speak my own mind on this. Marchionne is a crybaby and should just clamp his gob. Especially on weaponizing media. But he does have a point: we dont want a standardized F1. We want engines that are efficient yet lasting, and it seems like simplifying them will help that. Its easy for Wolff to talk about this, since he is the principal of the team behind a monster of an engine. And yes, some of that tech Can and probably has been translated to road cars, its not that new tech really, KERS and MGU-H has been around for some time now, and Im sure many road Mercs' have oil burning implemented! My thoughts? Meet each other halfway. Somehow. Its clear that it'll take a long long time for the other suppliers to nail the MGU-H, maybe they'll never, so either scrap them or give Merc's system to the rest.
As of the other stuff: this is a new era. Keep that nasty little skeleton warrior Äckelstone FAR away from it! I think Liberty has the potential to be good for F1, and Im sure we'll see if thats true or not soon enough.

when ever the teams come up with a new idea that leads to performance dominance the rules change . Why can't the others copy and develop without tokens to delay the process.F1 has allowed a few top teams looked out for by rules to ensure dominance. I want great racing first. I want f1 to have the best technology . They need to allow teams to have an over power production period thru the race to make passing easier . either that or all teams will run a merc engine.

So why does Mercedes and Ferrari disagree with Liberty’s vision for a simplified PU? That’s fairly obvious! A ‘simplified’ PU without MG-U and perhaps twin turbo will ramp up performance, noise and spectacle and attract at least a couple more PU suppliers, perhaps Coswirth, Ilmor or AER. It will probably cost more to implement initially but not down the road. I would go one step further and do away with the rule dictating form factor. Just give them a fuel target. The engineers will likely all come up with similar solutions anyway. F1 must NOT under any circumstances ‘dumb down’ like Haas is trying to do. It is as much about engineering genius as it is about driving Gods.