FIA published the (almost) final version of 2010 F1 entry list. The most important information the list provides is that there will be only 12 teams on the grid this season. USF1 failed to get ready and FIA decided that it is too late for any other team to enter the championship (see the statement [...]
2010
FIA statement – Missing even one race constitutes infringement …
FIA set out to clarify the regulations concerning missing the races. Here is the statement published today:
PARTICIPATION IN EVENTS COUNTING TOWARDS THE FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Following recent reports on the interpretation of clauses in the Concorde Agreement concerning the concept of a Team’s ‘participation’ in the FIA Formula One World Championship, the FIA wishes [...]
2010
Updated 2010 F1 Sporting Regulations – Replacement drivers allowed to test
FIA has published the updated 2010 sporting regulations (the changes are highlighted in the attached file). Besides the rule changes reflecting the new points system, the increased number of team (changes to Q1 and Q2) or the refueling ban there are some other interesting paragraphs.
2010
2010 F1 Calendar – Canada returns, Silverstone stays, Korea to debut
World Motor Sport Council confirmed the 2010 calendar. The season will kick off in Bahrain in the middle of the March and end eight months later in Abu Dhabi. The new calendar features 19 races. No races have been dropped, British Grand Prix remains at Silverstone, Canadian Grand Prix returns and Korean GP will debut.
There [...]
2010
New points system on cards for 2010 season
The F1 Comnission met yesterday for the first time in about five years and one of the first things all the involved came up with is rather radical new point scoring system for F1. Gone for now is the rather ridiculous “Winner takes all” medals idea. Instead F1 is set to introduce a system which [...]
2010
2010 FIA F1 Entry List (November 30 version)
While the talk continues on the future of Sauber team FIA came up with yet another version of 2010 entry list. It is rather confusing reading. On one hand it lists Manor as Virgin Racing (witout any official announcement from either Manor or Virgin), on the other hand the Mercedes GP still features as Brawn [...]
2008
The “crashgate” hearing – Someone lied but it does not matter
Yesterday FIA published the complete dossier of evidence, the official decision and surprisingly even posted the audio recording of the hearing (and the decision). You can download the documents and listen to the audio here.
We have all known the decisions of the World Motor Sport Council since Monday. Now we also know how and why [...]
2010
2010 F1 calendar has 19 races
Besides the Renault verdict the WMSC today also published the latest version of 2010 Formula One calendar (see the previous version here). Two more races than this year are planned – Canadian GP is set to return (although the contract talks are yet to be finalized) and Korean GP is to debut in October 2010. [...]
2009
Renault – The crashgate verdict
The World Motor Sport Council handed suspended lifetime F1 ban to Renault (suspended for 2 years), life time motor sport ban to Flavio Briatore (it appears to include driver management as well) and 5 years ban to Pat Symonds. The WMSC concluded that Fernando Alonso was not in any way involved in Renault F1’s breach [...]
2010
2010 Sporting and technical regulations (latest)
FIA published today the latest version of 2010 F1 sporting and technical regulations. The regulations are dated July 24, about a week before the 2009 Concorde Agreement was signed. Here are some interesting parts.
There is no change to the race distances:
5.3 The distance of all races, from the start signal referred to in Article 38.9 [...]
European GP
Renault fined but will race in Valencia
FIA Court of Appeal overturned Renault’s one-race suspension today. Instead the team was fined $50,000. This means that Fernando Alonso will be able to race in front of Spanish fans this weekend in Valencia.
Renault hasn’t officially confirmed yet who will be their second driver at the European GP. Romain Grosjean is expected to fill the [...]
2009
New Concorde agreement signed
It looks like there may be peace in F1 for a while. The press release on the FIA website confirms that FIA President Max Mosley signed the 2009 Concorde Agreement. Full statement from FIA:
Following approval by the World Motor Sport Council, late last night FIA President Max Mosley signed the 2009 Concorde Agreement, heralding a [...]
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