From racing-live.com :

One less driver aid for the 2008 season! The World Motorsport Council met yesterday and the FIA today announced the decisions that were made with regard to the sporting and technical regulations for next season. The most significant change to the previously published set of rules is that traction control will no longer be permitted. Article 9.3 of the technical regulations states: ‘No car may be equipped with a system or device which is capable of preventing the driven wheels from spinning under power or of compensating for excessive throttle demand by the driver. Any device or system which notifies the driver of the onset of wheel spin is not permitted.' Formula One moves to a standardised ECU next year and it now felt that the FIA can effectively police traction control and other driver aids, something that proved difficult with each team running its own ECU and electronic systems. In addition, the FIA ECU must also be used in testing. With gearboxes sealed and to be used over four Grand Prix weekends, a change of gearbox will incur a five position penalty on the starting grid. However, the seals can be ‘broken’ under supervision of the FIA in races two, three and four ahead of qualification for inspection and the changing of ratios. Clutches can be changed without penalty.

What do you all think ? Traction control is now in many normal cars because it is developed because of racing but I would like to see reace drivers do without it