Vatanen Withdraws Legal Action Against the FIA
21 Oct 2009, 07:03 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Finnish candidate Ari Vatanen decided to withdraw the legal action against the International Automobile Federation (FIA) regarding the election process that is to star this Friday. Last week, fearin...
Ugandan Official Threatened to Vote for Jean Todt
19 Oct 2009, 09:43 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The battle for the presidency of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) has gotten uglier by the day, but then again we didn't expect it to be otherwise. However, if the latest discoveri...
Mosley Stands By Decision to Back Todt, Despite Vatanen's Threats
16 Oct 2009, 13:03 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Soon after Ari Vatanen sent a letter in which he accused the current FIA president Max Mosley of being in breach of the French law for his public support of presidential candidate Jean Todt, the 69-...
Vatanen Accuses Mosley of Breaking the Election Law
16 Oct 2009, 09:59 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With only a week remaining until the FIA elections, the battle for the presidency of the ruling body tends to become even more personal. As we've reported yesterday, a series of leaked emails d...
Mosley Kicks Vatanen Out of FIA Meeting
15 Oct 2009, 06:34 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Racing for the FIA presidency can only be tough if your name is Ari Vatanen, and the Finn found that out yet another time on Wednesday. The former World Rally champion decided to attend a FIA meetin...
Schumacher Says Todt Can Change the FIA
14 Oct 2009, 14:10 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Michael Schumacher is not so keen on seeing the policies imposed by Max Mosley live on after his retirement, yet he is very much in favor of seeing his former team principal Jean Todt at the helm of...
Todt Points at Lack of Consistency from Vatanen
14 Oct 2009, 09:09 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With only 10 days remaining until the International Automobile Federation (FIA) elects a new president, the attacks between candidates Ari Vatanen and Jean Todt are starting to become increasingly p...
Mosley Announces Great Revelations in His Book
12 Oct 2009, 10:15 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Max Mosley may be stepping down from his position as president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) this October, but he is likely to start a new storm in Formula One in the year to come...
Ecclestone Hinted that Briatore Might Return to F1
8 Oct 2009, 07:19 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Bernie Ecclestone did not dismiss the possibility of one day seeing Flavio Briatore back in the Formula One paddock. While insisting that giving his good friend and business associate an F1 pass now...
Mosley: "Renault Acted Impeccable in Crash-Gate"
30 Sep 2009, 10:21 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Less than a month before officially stepping down from the presidential seat of the International Automobile Federation (FIA), 69-year old Max Mosley decided it was time to make one more positive co...
Ecclestone Voted Against Briatore’s Ban
29 Sep 2009, 15:27 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / Following the crash-gate scandal which had the Renault F1 outfit, Pat Symonds and Flavio Briatore in the spotlight for the last few weeks, it has now surfaced in the media that 'F1 supremo'...
Ecclestone Supports Todt for FIA Presidency
25 Sep 2009, 13:13 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After Max Mosley, Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone also announced his public support for former Ferrari-an Jean Todt for the presidency of the FIA. Talking to the media in Singapore, the 78-yea...
Mosley: "Todt Will Do a Better Job Than Me"
24 Sep 2009, 07:59 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Now that he seemed to have taken care of all unfinished business in Formula One, FIA president Max Mosley resumed his public backing of Jean Todt for the presidency of the ruling body, to be held in...
Alonso Trusted Renault Completely in Singapore
24 Sep 2009, 07:28 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Fernando Alonso told the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) on Monday that he fully trusted his team during the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix and did not question at any time their decision to call him to...
Italian Media Slams Conspiracy Against Briatore
23 Sep 2009, 10:27 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After several figures inside Formula One racing have expressed their pros and cons regarding the verdicts issued by the World Motor Sport Council on the crash gate, it's now the media's tu...
Mosley Hails Right Verdict in Crash-Gate
22 Sep 2009, 06:04 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although most of the voices in the Formula One paddock seem to agree that Renault got off easy with their 2-year suspended ban as a result of their involvement in the crash-gate, (still) FIA preside...
Mosley: "I Would Have Easily Won in October!"
15 Sep 2009, 11:01 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although confirming his stepping down from his position as president of the FIA in October this year - following an 18-year period at the helm of international motor racing - 69-year old Max Mosley ...
Mosley: "Telemetry Shows Piquet's Crash was Unusual"
15 Sep 2009, 08:40 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With several information on the Singapore crash-gate scandal leaked in the media in recent days, the FIA president Max Mosley did nothing but to put some more pressure on Renault prior to their Worl...
Jackie Stewart Declines Offer to Run for FIA Presidency
14 Sep 2009, 12:50 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Now that his long-time rival Max Mosley has decided to step down from the FIA presidential seat, triple Formula One champion Jackie Stewart revealed that he has been asked by a high-profile F1 repre...
FOTA Blames Incompetent FIA for Leaked Data in Crash-Gate
11 Sep 2009, 13:56 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Not only the International Automobile Federation (FIA), but also the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) today revealed disappointment over the leaked information from the Renault dossier in the re...