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Ari Vatanen: The man who would challenge Max Mosley (Video) 10th July 2009, 22:32
Ari Vatanen has declared he will stand for election as president of the FIA in the October elections. Vatanen is well-known to motor racing fans having been a world rally champion and survived a serious crash in 1985. But his subsequent political career and passion for improving road safety also mark him out as a [...]
Save F1 or stick with Mosley: the World Motor Sports Council’s choice (Updated) 24th June 2009, 0:01
Today’s World Motor Sports Council meeting was originally set to ratify the FIA’s planned entry list for 2010. But the failure of President Max Mosley to supply a list, and the declaration by eight of F1’s ten teams that they will form their own breakaway championship unless he steps aside, leaves the WMSC with a [...]
Mosley: F1 may go to Silverstone in 2010 20th June 2009, 7:56
On the eve of the British Grand Prix FIA President Max Mosley has raised the prospect of the race returning to Silverstone in 2010 instead of moving to Donington Park. Speaking to the BBC Mosley said he thought it was very likely there would be a British Grand Prix next year – even if Donington [...]
FIA and FOTA remain deadlocked on F1 governance and budget cap 13th June 2009, 1:52
Now the dust has settled following a day of remarkable developments we can understand why the two sides in the FIA-FOTA row remain deadlocked. The two sides have moved closer together on the matter of how deep cost cuts must be. But FOTA’s demand for reform of how F1 is governed has received no recognition [...]
Is this F1′s worst crisis? 9th June 2009, 12:00
Hardly a day passes now without some new development in F1′s latest political crisis. Formula 1 has had many similar rows in the past and, so far, it has managed to avoid disaster scenarios of teams withdrawing en masse and rival championships being formed. So how concerned should we be about FOTA’s refusal to accept [...]
Max Mosley is wrong. The only split F1 needs is a break away from him 4th June 2009, 20:21
Max Mosley has told the world that instead of reaching a compromise with the nine FOTA teams, he thinks they should leave F1: I say to them: If you want to draw up your own rules, then you can organise your own championship. But we have the Formula 1 championship. We draw up the rules [...]
Much advertised racing car hoax 2nd June 2009, 21:25
March is the latest outfit to reveal it has lodged a bid to compete in F1 in 2010. The team has not been seen in Formula 1 since it optimistically sent two chassis to Kyalami for the 1993 South African Grand Prix, despite not being able to pay for a supply of engines. That brought [...]
Ferrari to present case against FIA 19th May 2009, 10:00
As revealed on Friday, Ferrari today are attempting to prosecute the FIA in the French courts for, they claim, breaking the terms of their now-infamous 2005 agreement. The outcome of the trial could be crucial for the future of the sport, but most likely it will prove just another chapter in the latest F1 row [...]
Talking budget caps on TV tonight 14th May 2009, 13:56
I’ve been invited to appear on Sky News’s Sky.com programme tonight to talk about – what else? – the budget caps row. If you’ve got Sky News tune in at 7pm tonight to see if I can explain budget capping, two-tiered regulations and FIA rules without confusing myself… I’ve been on the programme a couple [...]
The FIA must not let its row with Ferrari become a split that would destroy F1 12th May 2009, 19:25
The Ferrari board confirmed today it will pull its team out of F1 if the FIA does not back down on its controversial plans for the 2010 rules. Toyota and Red Bull/Toro Rosso have already voiced the same objections and several F1 news sites are indicating that Mercedes, Renault and BMW are prepared to do [...]
