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For the first time in the history of Formula 1, you will get the chance to have your say over the future of the sport, when the FIA makes public an online fans survey later this week.
As FIA president Max Mosley and the teams begin to define a set of regulations for 2008 and beyond, the sport's governing body is encouraging as many fans as possible to partake in the multiple choice questionnaire.
"At the beginning of 2005 the FIA launched a consultation on the future of Formula One with all of the sport's stakeholders," said an FIA spokesman.
"We felt that including Formula One fans in this process was essential.
"To help shape the future of the sport we want as many fans as possible to visit our website and complete the online survey."
The survey, which is open to everyone, can be found on the official FIA website -
www.fia.com – later this week and the results will be published in the summer.
Mosley is one of many key figures in F1 that believe the fans are not given enough say in the direction the sport takes.
Renault director of engineering Pat Symonds believes that the fans can provide vital information in an era when the sport is so dramatically effected by public perception.
"I've always advocated that if we want to know what to do, we should be asking the public," he said last year.
"What we should do is go out on a Saturday afternoon while qualifying is on and ask the people in the street, in the shopping centres 'why aren't you watching qualifying, what is wrong with it? Why aren't you watching racing?'"
