Tag Archives: FIA

F1’s governing body backtracked on aerodynamic changes for the 2014 season because of fears the next generation of cars would be too slow. After the recent World Motor Sport Council ...

Gary Hartstein has admitted his fury at F1’s governing body. Last month, the 57-year-old American revealed on Twitter that the Jean Todt-led FIA had decided not to renew his contract ...

The FIA is “nervous” ahead of formula one’s still-controversial return to Bahrain in 2013. After the 2011 race was cancelled due to civil unrest in the island Kingdom, the sport’s ...

Jean Todt insists it is not up to him to revive France’s grand prix. Despite earlier efforts by venues Paul Ricard and Magny Cours to raise the tricolour once again, ...

Sauber is the first team to announce publicly that its 2013 car is “ready” to test. The Swiss team said the C32 “chassis and safety structures have passed” the mandatory ...

Jean Todt says he could imagine Michael Schumacher making a return to professional racing in “maybe two years”. But the FIA president, who was the team boss at Ferrari throughout ...

Adrian Newey has admitted he began the 2012 season feeling “worried” about the likely performance of his latest Red Bull. Ultimately, the history books show that the energy drink-owned team ...

Jean Todt has played down the spat between F1’s most important team, Ferrari, and the sport’s powerful chief executive Bernie Ecclestone. Ecclestone and Luca di Montezemolo became embroiled in a ...