Dr Helmut Marko has bad news for the FOTA alliance and the next inter-team resource restriction agreement (RRA). Red Bull, accused of not sticking to the existing cost-limiting deal, is ...
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F1 unlikely to tweak qualifying format
Formula one appears unlikely to tweak the current qualifying format despite concerns in 2011 about a flagging spectacle. Overall, the ‘knockout’ format has been popular in recent years, with fast ...
Read More »Rumour – Ecclestone considers Concorde offer for Ferrari
Bernie Ecclestone could be planning to pull $100 million out of the coffers to give the negotiations over F1’s next Concorde Agreement a kick-start. In 2005, amid the teams’ threats ...
Read More »Crucial FOTA meeting called off in Abu Dhabi
Formula one bosses have called off a crucial meeting in the paddock of the Abu Dhabi grand prix. Ahead of the tricky Concorde Agreement negotiations, and amid the unknown future ...
Read More »Abu Dhabi F1 talks ‘more important than race’
Martin Whitmarsh would be happy if the forthcoming negotiations over F1’s future results in the teams owning a slice of the sport. With the bitter political battle of 2009 still ...
Read More »Whitmarsh denies McLaren breaching constructor definition
Martin Whitmarsh has fended off claims teams like McLaren are already breaching the current definition of a F1 ‘constructor’. The issue is on the agenda for this week’s F1 Commission ...
Read More »Whitmarsh opposed to new customer car push
Martin Whitmarsh on Sunday confirmed reports McLaren is still opposed to the idea of ‘customer cars’ in formula one. The possible redefinition of a ‘constructor’ will be debated next week ...
Read More »Ferrari backs Red Bull as FOTA cracks deepen
Ferrari has joined Red Bull in questioning the viability of the formula one teams alliance FOTA. Amid fears some teams are breaking the gentleman’s cost-limiting agreement and faltering talks in ...
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