Rumours continue to mount about Flavio Briatore and a major future role for the Italian in formula one. At Silverstone last weekend, the former Renault boss – banned for life ...
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Whiting told Ferrari to let Kubica re-pass ‘immediately’
Charlie Whiting has hit back at Ferrari’s latest criticisms about the timing of F1 officials’ in-race decisions. After Valencia, the Italian team was furious that Lewis Hamilton’s penalty for overtaking ...
Read More »Ferrari resumes rant against F1 decision-making
While the civil war develops at Red Bull, Ferrari on Monday resumed its own battle against alleged unfair treatment by formula one’s authorities. After penalties handed out for the safety ...
Read More »13th team must pay 19m euro entry deposit – Ecclestone
F1’s unnamed 13th team for 2011 must pay a EUR 19 million deposit, Bernie Ecclestone has revealed. In a bid to attract new teams, the sport recently abolished the long-standing ...
Read More »Safety car rule tweaks scrapped before Silverstone
The FIA introduced a further tweak to the safety car rules ahead of Sunday’s British grand prix. It emerged earlier at Silverstone that, following the post-Valencia furore, drivers would have ...
Read More »FIA budget to have 7m euro shortfall – report
7 million euros will be missing from the budget of F1’s governing FIA in 2011. A report in the British Express newspaper claims the shortfall is due to the expiry ...
Read More »No US GP certainty for ‘weeks and months’ – Todt
It will not be known for “weeks and months” whether a United States grand prix will be held in Austin, according to FIA president Jean Todt. An unnamed official at ...
Read More »McLaren urges against safety car rule changes
McLaren has urged formula one against making a knee-jerk reaction to the safety car rules. Although Ferrari cried foul after Lewis Hamilton’s drive-through penalty in Valencia – where multiple drivers ...
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