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What is the third car idea all about ?
These words from Luca de Montezemolo earlier this week stirred up quite some debate: “We’re continuing to fight until every team has the right to start with three cars in the next season (and one I’d have handed over to Michael with...
Mario Theissen and Peter Sauber on BMW Sauber future
Mario Theissen and Peter Sauber issued separate statements today on the future of BMW Sauber F1 team following BMW’s decision to quit Formula 1: “Since the announcement on 29 July of our strategic realignment, we have done everything in o...
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 las...
Max Mosley confirms he will not run again
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 w...
Press release from FIA, setting the record straight
FIA issued a press release following the confusing events of yesterday. Here is the full text of June 9 FIA press release: Before FOTA’s decision to walk out of yesterday’s Technical Working Group meeting, the President of the FIA wrote twice to...
FOTA teams walk out of FIA meeting after learning they are not currently entered into the 2010 F1 Championship…
When I said in my previous post that we are in for interesting few days in Germany I haven’t expected this bizzare turn of events. First the statement from FIA: “Following the decision of the World Council on 24 June to revert to the pre...
It will be interesting few days in Germany, there are 2010 rules to be worked out
The eight FOTA teams are to meet with the suspended members (Force India, Williams) and the new entrants (Campos, Manor and USF1) at the Nurburgring on Wednesday to begin discussing the regulations and other plans for 2010 season. It will be interest...
Video – Martin Whitmarsh on FOTA
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes released new video, this time Martin Whitmarsh explains why he believes the sport has to appeal more to the fans, and how FOTA is working to achieve this. Video – Martin Whitmarsh on FOTA Vid...
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...
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...
FIA and FOTA – The peace deal
Following overnight meetings between Max Mosley, Bernie Ecclestone and FOTA chairman Luca di Montezemolo Max Mosley announced an agreement between FIA and FOTA. Mosley has agreed not to run again for the president of FIA. The teams will call off the...
FOTA teams to commence the preparation for a new Championship
The FOTA teams met today at Renault’s Enstone factory ahead of yet another deadline imposed on them by FIA. After the four hour meeting the FOTA teams (Ferrari, McLaren, Renault, BMW Sauber, Toyota, Brawn, Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Ross...
Mosley offers deal, FOTA urges for compromise. Will the hot heads cool down before Friday ?
(Another) Friday deadline looms and both warring parties are sending out messages calling for agreement or compromise. Max Mosley suggest the teams to accept the 1998 governance provisions by exchange of letters. FIA and FOTA can then negotiate a new...
FIA published the 2010 F1 entry list, what next ?
Here is the FIA press release: 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship Entry List 12/06/2009 Following the completion of the applications process for teams to compete in the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship, the following teams have been con...
FOTA response “not entirely negative” says FIA
Max Mosley asked FOTA to respond to his letter by the end of yesterday. FOTA duly sent the reply to FIA, the details however haven’t been made public. The only comment on FOTA response came from FIA: “The FIA has received a letter and var...
KERS - The abandoned F1 child (video)
Here is an video released by Mercedes-Benz explaining the Formula One KERS technology and how it is used in similar form in Mercedes-Benz road cars. Funny the release of this video coincides with the decision of FOTA to abandon KERS entirely in 2010....
Max Mosley’s letter to FOTA teams
Max Mosley has written to FOTA with his proposed way out of the current mess: “Under the International Sporting Code (Art. 66) we cannot now change the published 2010 rules unless we have the consent of all the competitors who have entered. Ho...
First March, then Brabham, now Lotus ?
This is getting ridiculous. First March Engineering (co-founded by Max Mosley 40 years ago) announced it has lodged the entry to 2010 F1 championship. Then Franz Hilmer, who bought the assets of Super Aguri team last year, filed his entry as Brabham ...
Force India has confirmed unconditional 2010 entry
Force India has confirmed lodging an unconditional entry for 2010 Formula One championship. Force India joined Williams and jumped the FOTA ship. Here is the statement from the team: “While the Force India team is broadly in agreement with the...
It has been quiet few days in F1 …
Not much has been happening in F1 since the deadline day last Friday, not much that has been made public. The most interesting probably is the ever growing list of new teams that submitted their 2010 entries. Campos Meta, US F1 Team, Prodrive and Lol...
One deadline has passed, new one looms …
The deadline for teams to submit their 2010 Formula 1 entries has passed. The only thing that is clear now is the next important date - June 12, the day when the 2010 Formula One entry list will be published. Four new teams - Campos Meta, US F1 Team,...
FOTA comes up with proposal - Limit spending at £100 million for 2010, technical assistance for new teams
A day before the deadline for 2010 F1 entry submissions FOTA came up with their own plan how to assist new teams to enter F1. The new entrants would receive technical assistance from the established teams in order to be able to compete on a credible ...
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 con...
FIA FOTA talks to continue, first 2010 entries submitted
There was no agreement reached during the talks between the teams and FIA yesterday in Monaco. The talks were however branded “constructive” and “making good progress”. The talks are set to continue although according to BBC t...
Ferrari reacts …
The court ruled but the high stakes game continue. The court confirmed the existence of Ferrari veto but also said that it should have been used at the World Motor Sport Council meetings in March and April. It did not take too long for Ferrari to rea...
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 a...
No agreement between teams and FIA, Ferrari takes FIA to court
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 s...
Ferrari ups the ante …
Max Mosley said F1 can go on even without Ferrari. Bernie Ecclestone said he would protect interests of Ferrari. Here is the Ferrari view: “The same rules for all teams, stability of regulations, the continuity of the FOTA’s endeavours to...
FIA, FOTA, the budget cap and the high stakes poker game
If getting attention was the ultimate goal of Max Mosley’s budget cap and “two tier F1″ regulations then he definitelly achieved it. Several teams (Toyota, Red Bull/Toro Rosso) suggested they will not enter “two tier 2010 F1 c...
