The European Union is “monitoring” the controversial new system of decision-making within formula one, it has emerged. Earlier this month, we reported that F1’s four smallest teams – Marussia, Caterham, ...
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Lotus bullied over budget cap axe – Lopez
Lotus team owner Gerard Lopez on Sunday indicated he was unhappy to have joined the opposition against the introduction of budget caps. The powerful ‘Strategy Group’ teams – comprising the ...
Read More »F1 set for cost-cutting summit on 1 May
F1 will move to put cost-cutting efforts back on the agenda during a May 1 meeting. Earlier, it was reported FIA president Jean Todt was considering new measures including reviving ...
Read More »Smallest teams write ‘explosive’ letter – report
F1’s four smallest teams have written a letter complaining about the state of the sport. Germany’s Sport Bild revealed that the letter, initiated by Marussia and also signed by Caterham, ...
Read More »‘Super GP2’ could be key to F1’s future
The ‘GP1’ rumours are building. It has been rumoured that all the bleating about F1’s controversial 2014 rules is because Bernie Ecclestone and Dietrich Mateschitz are trying to devalue the ...
Read More »FIA wins battle, Ecclestone goes to war – report
Big politics are at play in formula one. Amid all the noise about quiet engines and the urgent need to change rules, many suspect Bernie Ecclestone is hard at work ...
Read More »Legal action bubbles around new F1 body
A political storm is brewing ahead of Monday’s London meeting of the new F1 rule-making Strategy Group. The new body has effectively replaced the old sporting and technical working groups, ...
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