Teams Want Control Over Formula 1
18 Feb 2009, 09:28 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Bernie Ecclestone has found himself another F1 team owner to challenge the way the sport is being handled – and especially the people who make the decisions – in recent years. After Ferr...
Mosley Sends Official Letter to GPDA on Superlicense Fees
12 Feb 2009, 11:59 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Following the Grand Prix Drivers Association official statement earlier this month urging the FIA to reconsider the Superlicense fees for 2009, president Max Mosley sent a private letter to the F1 d...
Vettel Rules Out Drivers' Strike
10 Feb 2009, 10:09 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The F1 drivers are indeed unhappy with the fees they are required to pay in order to get their superlicense for 2009, but the possibility of them going to strike about it doesn't seem probable....
F1 Aerodynamics to Turn Out a Failure in 2009?
9 Feb 2009, 11:13 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The Overtaking Working Group (OWG) commissioned by the International Automobile Federation to improve overtaking in Formula 1 might not survive the year 2009. Formed by three of the most respectable...
GPDA Make Official Superlicense Request to FIA
9 Feb 2009, 08:05 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The Grand Prix Drivers Association will not sit back and watch how superlicense fees inside Formula 1 increase year after year. The F1 drivers are currently taking their time to sign the new superli...
Mosley Knows Who Set Him Up in the Sexgate
6 Feb 2009, 13:51 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / FIA president Max Mosley revealed that he is pretty much sure of the person who set him up in the famous sex scandal following the News of the World article about his private sex life last year. Acc...
FIA Lift Restrictions on Stepney and Coughlan
6 Feb 2009, 12:11 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Starting today, Nigel Stepney and Mike Coughlan are allowed to work within the Formula 1 paddock. The two men that started the entire espionage scandal between Ferrari and McLaren back in 2007 &ndas...
Innovative Rear Diffusers Cleared by FIA
6 Feb 2009, 07:50 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / In case anybody would want to challenge the clever rear diffuser designs used by Toyota and Williams F1 ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, the records have already been straightened by FIA presiden...
FIA Confirms USF1 Bid
6 Feb 2009, 07:47 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / FIA president Max Mosley confirmed rumors linking an American Group entering Formula 1 under the USF1 name. Although no details were disclosed, the Englishman referred to the project as being handle...
Mosley Disagrees with Drivers on Superlicense Fee
5 Feb 2009, 14:26 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / FIA president Max Mosley doesn't seem too compassionate of the F1 drivers when it comes to the Superlicense fee they have to pay ahead of the 2009 season. Having already increased the fees by a...
FIA Unable to Keep Historical Venues in F1
5 Feb 2009, 13:59 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The International Automobile Federation has no means of counteracting Bernie Ecclestone's policy of switching from old historical circuits to new venues. FIA's president Max Mosley did not...
Mosley to Run for 5th Mandate, Dismisses Goodwin Bid
5 Feb 2009, 09:29 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Max Mosley is likely to run for a 5th consecutive mandate as president of the International Automobile Federation in late June. In an interview for British newspaper The Daily Telegraph, the 68-year...
Dennis Rules Out Running for FIA Presidency
26 Jan 2009, 13:42 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Former F1 team principals – retired or still in the sport – would not make good FIA presidents. McLaren's boss (until March the 1st) Ron Dennis insisted on that, arguing that someon...
Ecclestone Slams Budget Caps
26 Jan 2009, 10:17 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Bernie Ecclestone seems to make the most of every opportunity he gets to slam Max Mosley's proposals concerning the future of Formula 1. Following the FIA president's backing of the idea o...
F1 Drivers Refuse to Sign FIA Superlicense Due to High Fees
23 Jan 2009, 15:44 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Just as Formula One teams stood together and joined efforts to make the sport more financially sustainable in the near future, F1 drivers are planning to do the same thing ahead of the 2009 campaign...