Australian Grand Prix Corporation (AGPC) chairman Ron Walker has dashed to Abu Dhabi as a dispute threatens to race Melbourne off the 2011 calendar. He said the country’s official motor ...
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Abu Dhabi sold out for title finale
Sunday’s 2010 world championship finale in Abu Dhabi is sold out, organisers of the Yas Marina event have announced. Richard Cregan, chief executive of Abu Dhabi Motorsports Management, said the ...
Read More »Renault, Cosworth write to F1 about 2013 engine rules
Renault and Cosworth have written a letter to the FIA as F1 struggles to find agreement over a new engine formula for 2013. The FIA is pushing hard for turbocharged ...
Read More »FIA to increase maximum F1 stewards penalty
The FIA has moved to increase the maximum penalty that can be imposed by formula one stewards. When Ferrari controversially breached the team orders rule at Hockenheim this year, the ...
Read More »Shanghai must improve track before 2011 race – FIA
China’s Shanghai circuit must improve its track surface and rain drainage before hosting its eighth grand prix next April. The huge and impressive facility cost $240 million to build ahead ...
Read More »Bulgaria keeps moving towards F1 race deal
A race contract for an inaugural Bulgarian grand prix in 2012 could be signed as soon as next month, according to the head of the south east European country’s motor ...
Read More »Ecclestone, Todt, agreed ‘peace’ in Korea – report
Bernie Ecclestone and Jean Todt met in Korea last weekend and, according to a German report, “smoked the peace pipe”. There had been speculation that F1 chief executive Ecclestone was ...
Read More »Korea GP vows to solve problems for 2011
Organisers of Sunday’s inaugural Korean grand prix have vowed to put on a better show in 2011. “There are a lot of things to work on,” admitted Chung Yung-cho, chief ...
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