Max Mosley, the FIA president, sent a letter to all the FIA member clubs confirming he will not run for re-election in October. This is the part of the letter that should satisfy also FOTA:
“I began some months ago to rearrange my family life with effect from next October. I also informed senior FIA staff [...]
2009
Max Mosley confirms he will not run again
2010
Mosley, FOTA and the other 2010 F1 teams – What is next ?
Last week FOTA and FIA finally reached some sort of a deal and made peace. While the deal is still in place that peace hasn’t lasted for long. Instead of shutting up and moving on both sides obviously prefer to continue their war of words. Some FOTA representatives while presenting the deal to public could [...]
2010
WMSC decisions June 24, 2009 – Peace and 2010 F1 entry list
The World Motor Sport Council met in Paris on 24 June 2009. The following decisions were taken:
FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
All currently competing teams have committed to the FIA Formula One World Championship.
There will be no alternative series or championship and the rules for 2010 onwards will be the 2009 regulations as well as further regulations [...]
2010
FOTA meets again today, three days left to submit 2010 entries
Following the constructive but not exactly conclusive talks in Monaco the FOTA representatives will meet again today, this time in London.
The comments coming out of all the camps (FIA, Bernie and FOTA) after Monaco were much calmer and much less confrontational than much of the talk in the past few weeks. However FOTA still felt [...]
2010
Quick summary on FIA vs teams situation
The latest version of 2010 Formula 1 regulations triggered an open conflict between FIA and the current F1 teams. Several teams were unhappy with both what is in the regulations and how the regulations were pushed through. Toyota, Red Bull, Renault announced they will not enter 2010 season if the regulations remain unchanged but the [...]
2010
No agreement between teams and FIA, Ferrari takes FIA to court – Updated
The teams met with Bernie Ecclestone and max Mosley yesterday to discuss the 2010 regulations and perhaps also to try to avoid the looming crisis. After reading different reports on what happened yesterday it is quite difficult to tell where the F1 stands following this meeting.
2009
WMSC decisions on testing, budget cap and media
This is a very long post and a lot to digest… Further to the brand new way of deciding the Formula One Drivers’ Champion FIA made also decisions on testing, media and budget. FIA also approved Brawn GP F1 entry in place of Honda F1 Racing (treating the team as a new team but waiving [...]
2010
12 teams in 2010 ? Isn’t Max Mosley too optimistic ?
We were supposed to see 12 teams on the grid in 2008. But Prodrive never made it (because of the customer car rules), Super Aguri dropped out after only four races and barely a month after 2008 season ended Honda bowed out. F1 is facing 9 teams grid in 2009, Toro Rosso is for [...]
2009
Cost cuts in F1 – Strange letter from Max Mosley and David Richards’ no to Honda
Looks like Max Mosley decided to ignore Sir Jackie Stewart and to continue pushing for more cost cuts instead. The FIA president sent letter to FOTA, addressed to Dear Luca (di Montezemolo, FOTA chairman). I do not really know what to make out of it. The letter is generally written in very cooperative manner and [...]
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Sir Jackie Stewart slams Bernie and Max
Sir Jackie Stewart has spoken again. He did not say too much new in his interview with The Times Online. But he nicely summed up thoughts and feelings of many Formula 1 fans, race organizers and perhaps even team owners. The interview is rather long and I would recommend reading it in its original form [...]
2008
The Formula 1 Off Season News Round Up – Part 6
The entire last week was about cost saving and testing. Fortunately Sunday night also provided some great fun.
Early last week rumours started to circulate that all four independent team plus Renault are to sign up for the budget Cosworth engine from 2010. There was a Thursday deadline for the teams to make up their minds. [...]
2009
How the money will be saved – FIA FOTA deal
So, now we know what the “the most successful meeting on Formula 1 matters which any of the participants can remember” brought. Here is the list of agreed cost saving measures for 2009 season and those proposed for 2010 and beyond with few comments:
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