F1’s last chance to slash costs for struggling teams has now passed. The FIA’s World Motor Sport Council met in Munich on Thursday, less than a mere handful of days ...
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FIA approves controversial grid restarts for 2015
The FIA has approved restarting races from the grid after safety car periods from 2015. The controversial rule change, undoubtedly designed to spice up the ‘show’, was agreed by the ...
Read More »Todt admits some F1 teams may not survive
Jean Todt has admitted some F1 teams are in danger of bowing out. Despite the impressively rejuvenated Red Bull Ring, an air of slight melancholy has gripped the F1 paddock. ...
Read More »Mercedes battle rages on Red Bull turf
Since buying the defunct A1-Ring in 2004, Red Bull’s Dietrich Mateschitz has ploughed a quarter of a billion euros into the Austrian grand prix, the local Salzburger Nachrichten newspaper claims. ...
Read More »FIA vows to ease driver penalties
A big talking point in Austria on Thursday was the continuing feud between Felipe Massa and Sergio Perez. The pair crashed and ended their Canadian grand prix in hospital, where ...
Read More »F1 abandons short GP weekend idea – report
F1 failed to make significant cost-saving progress at a meeting on Wednesday, Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport reports. Earlier, it was reported that the F1 Commission – involving the FIA, ...
Read More »Trulli adds to F1’s ‘worry’ about formula E – report
According to the Times newspaper, F1 must look over its shoulder at the new ‘formula E’ series that is rapidly gaining credibility. The latest name attracting headlines for the FIA’s ...
Read More »Steiner denies Haas exit rumours
Gunther Steiner has denied rumours that a rift with team owner Gene Haas is endangering the entire F1 project. The rumours in the Italian press hinted that arguments between team ...
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