December 12, 2010
In one of the most sensible moves the FIA has made since they mandated the return of slick tires, the F1 sanctioning body has announced that the team orders ban, introduced in 2002, will be repealed for 2011. Specifically, the announcement said that “article forbidding team orders (39.1) is deleted.” As a fallback position, however, [...]
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December 5, 2010
In yet another effort to appear “green” to the world at large, the FIA is about to mandate yet another rule change to the F1 engine formula. Currently, the F1 engines are 2.4 liter V-8s, but these are set to be swapped for 1.4 liter four cylinder turbos in 2013. According to word leaking from [...]
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Newey Peeved About Rule Change
Both Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso have been lamenting publicly lately that the title race is all but over. Sebastian Vettel’s commanding win seemed to put the championship hopes of his rivals even farther out of reach. Perhaps the FIA was of a like mind when they first got the notion of revising (or “clarifing”) [...]