Outboard Mirrors Ban Delayed Until Spanish GP
2 Apr 2010, 09:09 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Yesterday, we had reported to you that the FIA decided to ban the outboard mirrors from Formula One starting the Chinese Grand Prix, in mid-April. The change was made following several safety-relate...
Outboard Mirrors Ban Will Affect Red Bull's Performance
1 Apr 2010, 10:30 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sebastian Vettel insisted that he is not at all concerned with his car's reliability ahead of the upcoming race in Malaysia. Having experienced an engine problem in Bahrain and a wheel mounting...
FIA Bans Outboard Mirrors in F1
1 Apr 2010, 10:01 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The outboard mirrors will be banned from Formula One from as early as the Chinese Grand Prix, scheduled in mid-April. The information was revealed by British publication Autosport, whose reporters a...
Britain's Worst Driver, Jailed
25 Mar 2010, 11:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It took 110 driving offenses (89 of them ending in conviction) and 59 bans from driving in 28 years for UK authorities to declare 50 year-old Thomas Feely the country's worst driver in history ...
Drunk Drivers to Be Banned for Life
9 Mar 2010, 11:59 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Although authorities across the globe have always tried to reduce the number of drivers who get behind the wheel even if they're drunk, here is another initiative that could prove to be more ef...
Banning Cellphone Use While Driving Doesn’t Reduce Crashes
29 Jan 2010, 14:07 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The Highway Loss Data Institute decided to bust another contemporary myth: banning cellphones use while driving does not reduce the number of accidents. The study was done by analyzing insurance cla...
Briatore Wins Legal Case Against the FIA
5 Jan 2010, 14:50 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Former Renault boss Flavio Briatore has won his legal case against the International Automobile Federation (FIA), the Reuters news agency reported a few minutes ago. The Italian boss contested the d...
Mosley Would Have Banned McLaren In 2007
15 Dec 2009, 13:42 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Until former FIA president Max Mosley will publish his memoirs regarding his job as the ruler of the Formula One Championship (among several other series), the 69-year old Brit took the time to give...
Standard KERS for 2011!
22 Oct 2009, 08:57 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although the Formula One teams have all decided to leave the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) out of the 2010 regulations, it seems the “green technology” could make its way back to...
Official: Briatore Fights FIA Ban in Paris Court
19 Oct 2009, 16:48 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It is now official that former Renault manager Flavio Briatore will fight the lifetime ban imposed by the FIA following the crash-gate. The International Automobile Federation (FIA) suspended the 59...
Ecclestone to Push for Monday Testing in F1
12 Oct 2009, 10:39 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Bernie Ecclestone echoed the voices of the team principals in Formula One when arguing that the lack of in-season testing has put an end to the test-driver era in the series and has made it virtuall...
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'...
Montezemolo, Ecclestone: Briatore's Ban Excessive
24 Sep 2009, 13:32 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ferrari's CEO Luca di Montezemolo expressed his regret over the lifetime ban handed by the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) to Flavio Briatore as a result his involvement in the crash-gate. The...
Mohammed ben Sulayem: Keeping Renault in F1 Was Main Target
24 Sep 2009, 07:51 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Most of the pundits agreed that Renault's suspended ban as a result of their involvement in the crash-gate was outrageously light, as compared to the gravity of the sanctions usually handed in ...
Ecclestone Plays Down Briatore's Reviving the Breakaway Series
23 Sep 2009, 09:10 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although Flavio Briatore has been thrown out of all FIA-sanctioned competitions for life following his role in the Renault race fixing scandal, there are plenty of people that are convinced the 59-y...
ICA: Four Teams Sent Letters of Support for Renault
19 Aug 2009, 10:40 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The International Court of Appeal (ICA) today issued a complete statement, explaining the reasons why it decided to overturn the one-race ban received by ING Renault F1 Team following the Hungarian ...
Mercedes Shows Envy Towards Renault's Reversed Ban
19 Aug 2009, 07:13 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Now that Renault were granted permission to participate in the upcoming European Grand Prix at Valencia thanks to the reverse-ban decision issued by the International Court of Appeal on Monday, ther...
Renault Will Race at Valencia, Fined $50,000
18 Aug 2009, 07:50 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / As expected, Renault's one race ban following the Hungarian Grand Prix was overturned by the International Court of Appeal on Monday. The FIA judges agreed that the initial sanction issued by t...
Bourdais Wants F1 Drive in 2010
11 Aug 2009, 10:32 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / French driver Sebastien Bourdais is determined to make a Formula One comeback from as early as next year. After being ousted by Scuderia Toro Rosso following the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring...