Ecclestone Compares Australia to Monaco GP
16 Mar 2011, 08:41 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Bernie Ecclestone seems to have had a change of heart regarding the importance of the Australian Grand Prix to Formula 1 racing. If a few weeks back, the F1 supremo had told the media that the sport...
Todt Says Australia Must Stay in F1
15 Mar 2011, 13:09 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Here's another episode of the Jean Todt versus Bernie Ecclestone dispute at the helm of the motor racing world. While present Melbourne for a road safety campaign one week before the season ope...
Michele Mouton Appointed New WRC Manager
4 Feb 2011, 09:16 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Starting today, the FIA World Rally Championship has a brand new manager in the person of former rallying winning driver Michele Mouton. The most successful woman in the history of rallying was hand...
Jean Todt Admires Red Bull Owner for Being Sports Fanatic
31 Jan 2011, 15:57 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Current president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) Jean Todt recently expressed his admiration for Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz. And winning the Formula 1 title 7 years from th...
Ecclestone Too Worried About New F1 Engine Sound
5 Jan 2011, 11:21 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After the FIA announced the introduction of new, more environmentally-friendly 1.6-litre 4-cylinder turbocharged engines in Formula One starting the 2013 season, certain fears were raised over the m...
Jean Todt Dislikes Superally Rule in the WRC
27 Dec 2010, 12:10 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA), Jean Todt hinted that the superally rule in the World Rally Championship may be scrapped from the official regulations in the near fut...
Green GT Unveils Prototype Electric Racer
9 Dec 2010, 18:03 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Swiss-based group Green GT manages to amaze us once again, presenting a reiteration of its ambitious electric racer. The 300KW Green GT is an evolution of the Le Mans Prototype-style racer that was ...
Jean Todt Demands More Respect for Schumacher
4 Jul 2010, 11:05 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / FIA President Jean Todt is the latest high-ranked figure of the motorsport world to defend Michael Schumacher in front of the heavy criticism he received in the past few weeks. Following a handful o...
Todt Won't Abandon the FIA after One Mandate
2 Jun 2010, 13:24 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / A few days after being elected new president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA), Jean Todt told the media that he doesn't plan to have a long-time stay at the helm of the aforemen...
Nicolas Todt Dismisses Favoritism Claims for 13th Entry
24 May 2010, 07:47 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Nicolas Todt insisted that him being the son of International Automobile Federation (FIA) president Jean Todt doesn't mean his ART Grand Prix team will hold the upper hand in the selection proc...
Todt Defends Hamilton Amid Criticism
5 May 2010, 09:09 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After Bernie Ecclestone, the president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) Jean Todt now defended Lewis Hamilton from the criticism and “aggressive image” associated to him ...
FIA Wants More Women in Motorsports
28 Apr 2010, 12:33 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Only days after being elected the new president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA), Jean Todt made a bold move and created the Women & Motor Sport Commission (WMC), aimed at provid...
Bridgestone Sticks to Decision to Quit F1
18 Mar 2010, 11:59 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although both the president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) Jean Todt and the Formula One CEO Bernie Ecclestone have expressed their hopes in recent weeks that current F1 tire suppl...
FIA Lacks Budget for F1 Commissioner
17 Mar 2010, 11:07 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Taking the example of the North American professional sports, newly elected FIA president Jean Todt promised the world of motor racing that he will appoint a commissioner for every single racing ser...
Todt Rules Out Indonesian GP for the Next 10 Years
22 Feb 2010, 10:07 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / When the president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) visited Indonesia last week, several publications in Europe and worldwide took this as a sign of Formula One maybe heading towards...
FIA: Teams Will Have to Take Part in Each GP
11 Feb 2010, 07:29 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The International Automobile Federation (FIA) decided to issue a clear statement regarding the possibility of one or more teams not making the season opening round of the Bahrain Grand Prix. After t...
FIA Confirms Some Teams Could Miss the Opening 3 Rounds of 2010 F1
9 Feb 2010, 09:34 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The recent reports that US Grand Prix Engineering and Campos Grand Prix might miss out on the first 3 events of the 2010 Formula One championship due to lack of finance has now been confirmed by the...
Jean Todt Doesn't Agree with Budget Caps in F1
9 Feb 2010, 09:04 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although he was backed by Max Mosley for the presidential seat of the International Automobile Federation (FIA), Jean Todt doesn't seem to have the same visions about the future of the sport as...
Todt Insists Briatore Is Still Guilty
9 Feb 2010, 08:41 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / While Flavio Briatore insisted that he holds nothing against the FIA or its new president Jean Todt for the penalty he received after the crash-gate, the former Ferrari boss that now runs business w...
Todt Will Leave FIA Presidency after One Mandate
9 Feb 2010, 08:19 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jean Todt may have been the one chosen by Max Mosley to succeed him at the helm of the International Automobile Federation (FIA), but the Frenchman has no plans to stay in that position longer than ...