FOTA Threaten with Breakaway Series... Again!
9 Jul 2009, 09:31 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With the prospects of having yet another racing weekend overshadowed by the ongoing dispute between the FIA and the FOTA – the June 24 peace turned up to be quite misleading, hasn't it? &...
FOTA Blames FIA for Endangering F1 Peace
9 Jul 2009, 07:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Following the FIA – FOTA representation yesterday afternoon, the teams' alliance issued a short statement, giving their stand on what went wrong during the Paris discussions. Accused by t...
FOTA Walks Out of FIA Meeting, Peace Over!
9 Jul 2009, 06:31 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / As expected, the peace between the International Automobile Federation (FIA) and the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) lasted for a couple of weeks. Actually, it only lasted until the two bodies ...
Hamilton Denied Letting Trulli Pass Although Confronted with Evidence
9 Apr 2009, 12:41 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Lewis Hamilton refused to admit he deliberately let Jarno Trulli pass him under Safety Car during the closing laps of the Australian Grand Prix. The news was unveiled by British magazine Autosport a...
FIA Clears All Rear Diffuser Designs
19 Mar 2009, 08:50 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / FIA's race director Charlie Whiting admitted that some of the teams have used certain loopholes in the technical rule book for 2009 when building their rear diffuser design. Continuing the cont...
Williams F1 to Axe Skate Fins
18 Mar 2009, 08:52 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Williams F1 have decided to bring some slight revisions to their aerodynamic package for the FW31 as a result of the latest meeting between the team's officials and FIA's race director Cha...
FIA to Bring Further Changes to Engine Rules
23 Feb 2009, 13:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The International Automobile Federation (FIA) is set to bring some further modifications to its original change in engine rules for 2009. According to a report from autosport.com site, it seems the ...
Ferrari to Revise Exhaust System on F60
30 Jan 2009, 09:11 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The inevitable happened for Ferrari, as the Maranello-based team have had to change their exhaust system ahead of the 2009 season. An official report was issued by the championship's official s...
FIA Change Engine Rules for 2009
28 Jan 2009, 09:48 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The rules regarding the use of only 8 engines throughout the upcoming F1 season have been clarified by FIA's race director Charlie Whiting in an interview for the series' official site. Th...
FIA Rules Out Engine Unfreeze
28 Jan 2009, 09:08 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The FIA insisted that no more engine changes will be allowed in Formula 1 starting 2009. After granting Renault with approximately 40-hp worth of power boost in the off-season, the FIA revealed that...
FIA Changes Safety Car Rules
28 Jan 2009, 09:03 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Following several requests from both drivers and team principals for changing the safety car rules for the new season, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) announced that the pit lane will ...
FIA Deny Risk of KERS
28 Jan 2009, 07:57 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The International Automobile Federation argued, through the voice of its race director Charlie Whiting, that the newly-implemented Kinetic Energy Recovery System will not cause any racing incidents....