IndyCar to Welcome F1 Drivers for Lower Fees
17 Feb 2009, 09:40 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / As far as we know, only 3 drivers have signed the new Superlicense agreements for the upcoming season of Formula 1. For the 15 other drivers (17, if we count Honda F1's Jenson Button and Rubens...
No Female Drivers Allowed in Baja Rally Championship
16 Feb 2009, 11:20 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / It's hard to imagine that there are still countries in this world where women are banned from driving nowadays. However, as incredible as it may seem, a round of the Baja Rally Championship was...
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...
Drivers Break GPDA Agreement, Pay Superlicense Fees
12 Feb 2009, 10:12 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although the Grand Prix Drivers Association issued a statement earlier this month confirming that the F1 drivers are not at all pleased with the new rise in Superlicense fees imposed by the FIA, it ...
Horner Hails Adrian Newey's Approach on the RB5
9 Feb 2009, 15:53 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The new regulation changes introduced by the FIA this year led to a series of optimistic thoughts from all F1 team principals when talking about their 2009 campaign. The last of those statements bel...
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...
Mosley Tips Hamilton for Retaining Crown
6 Feb 2009, 08:37 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although the new season will bring a lot of new coordinates into the sport – introduction of slick tires, Kinetic Energy Recovery System, new aerodynamic package, in-season testing ban, new en...
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...
Jean Todt to Step Down from FIA World Council Role
5 Feb 2009, 10:21 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jean Todt is set to leave the world of Formula 1 for good. After stepping down from his position as team director of Ferrari at the end of 2007, the Frenchman is also expected to officially retire a...
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...
Hulkenberg Aims for F1 Debut in 2010
5 Feb 2009, 08:42 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / German rising star Nicolas Hulkenberg knows exactly what he wants from the season to come. And that is to convince Frank Williams – or any other team principal for that matter – that he ...
FIA to Agree on Controversial Rear Diffuser Design
3 Feb 2009, 11:03 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The International Automobile Federation is yet to confirm it, but it seems that Toyota's and Williams' rear diffuser designs are very much legal. Although they are not built the same way, ...
F1 Teams Want Testing Ban Rule Changed
3 Feb 2009, 10:20 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Most F1 teams seem to have second thoughts when it comes to the in-season testing ban imposed by the International Automobile Federation for the 2009 Formula 1 series. While helping in terms of cost...
Medal System Could Have Reigned 3 NEW F1 Champions
30 Jan 2009, 11:51 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Despite its president not agreeing much with the Ecclestone-acclaimed medal system, the International Automobile Federation decided to publish an interesting report on how the new system would have ...
Ferrari to Revise Exhaust System on F60
30 Jan 2009, 09:11 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The inevitable happened for Ferrari, as the Maranello-based team have had to change their exhaust system ahead of the 2009 season. An official report was issued by the championship's official s...