BMW to Announce F1 Quit on Wednesday
29 Jul 2009, 06:27 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / BMW is to shock the world of Formula One later today, when the German manufacturer it set to announce its complete withdrawal from the sport. A press conference has been set for this morning at 10 a...
Poll Shows Declining Interest in Formula One
22 Jul 2009, 09:23 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Everybody knew that the saga between the International Automobile Federation (FIA) and the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) couldn't have possibly helped the image of Formula One worldwide....
Ecclestone Set to Resolve F1 Crisis by Wednesday
13 Jul 2009, 09:04 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone this weekend slammed rumors that he will be sidelined by Formula One's commercial rights holders CVC from his position within the sport, as he promised his adversar...
FIA Blames the FOTA for Paris Bluff
9 Jul 2009, 12:24 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The International Automobile Federation (FIA) responded to FOTA's recent accusation that the 8 teams were not allowed to bring their input to the 2010 sporting & technical regulations durin...
Mosley Offers Last Deal to FOTA
18 Jun 2009, 12:39 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Less than 48 hours before the FIA-imposed deadline for lodging unconditional entries for the 2010 Formula One Championship expires, president of the ruling body Max Mosley made his final offer to th...
Mosley Offers New Deal to FOTA, Refuses to Extend Deadline
17 Jun 2009, 13:45 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Max Mosley answered promptly to FOTA's latest letter, in which the teams' body agreed to take one reconciliatory step towards the FIA and agree to some sort of a budget cap for the 2010 se...
FIA-FOTA Dispute Over, Teams Accept Budget Cap
17 Jun 2009, 10:59 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) seems to have made its first step towards reconciliation with the FIA. Following yesterday's statement from the ruling body, in which the teams were acc...
FIA Blames FOTA for Failed F1 Deal
15 Jun 2009, 12:21 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The International Automobile Federation (FIA) have accused the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) for deliberately trying to cause the failure of the budget cap negotiations ahead of the latest-im...
Mosley: "Teams Are Being Unreasonable"
3 Jun 2009, 13:35 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / FIA president Max Mosley finally gave us a glimpse of what the ruling body thinks of the new Formula One Teams Association demands on the 2010 regulations. As most of us were expecting, the 69-year ...
Toyota to Stay Until 2012, If FIA Approves Teams' Plan
3 Jun 2009, 11:01 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / John Howett once again called for unity within the Formula One Teams Association, insisting that this is the only way the sport can progress for the long-term future. Although there have been some i...
Mercedes to Meet the May 29 Deadline
20 May 2009, 08:02 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It's unbelievable what a favorable decision of the FIA can do in Formula One. Following their “walking off easy” in the lie-gate scandal, German car maker Mercedes – backing M...
Toro Rosso to Become Full Constructor in 2010
8 May 2009, 13:09 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Starting 2010, Scuderia Toro Rosso will become full constructor in the Formula One Championship. And it was the very team principal Franz Tost to announce it, as the new Concorde Agreement – t...
Williams to Fight Wind Tunnel Restrictions
20 Feb 2009, 14:04 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Frank Williams is not at all happy with FIA's desire to ban aerodynamic testing to only one wind tunnel starting 2009 and has every intention to make himself heard within the Formula One Teams&...