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Newey Peeved About Rule Change

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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”) [...]

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Will Rupert Murdoch and Carlos Slim Make a Bid for F1′s Commercial Rights?

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Last week, Uncle Bernie claimed that a reported plan to mount a takeover bid for Formula 1 was pure rubbish.  But the fact is, since the Evil Gnome actually sold his commercial rights to F1 (which are actually leased from the FIA), he really has no say over the matter.  Bernie Ecclestone is simply an [...]

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FIA to Review Track Design Hoping to Increase Overtaking Opportunties

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While the FIA tweaks technical regs year after year in order to create overtaking opportunities for modern F1 cars (witness changes in front wings, rear wings, KERS, front wheel width, wheel base width and an assortment of other modifications that have been mandated by the sport’s governing body in just the past two or three [...]

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Bahrain GP ‘Postponed,’ Aussie GP to Open Season

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The season-opening race at Bahrain has been canceled – or postponed – the ultimate result depending on the outcome of civil unrest in that island nation.  Protests against the ruling government have been proceeding for the past week as part of a wave of turmoil that is spreading throughout several Middle Eastern countries, including Tunisia, [...]

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The FIA Repeals Team Orders Ban for 2011

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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the return of slick tires, the F1 sanctioning body has announced that the team orders ban, introduced in 2002, will be repealed for 2011.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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New Turbo Era to Begin in 2013

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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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Jean Todt Ambiguous on Team Orders Ban

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At the German Grand Prix this year, Ferrari stirred a controversy by blatantly employing team orders, allowing Fernando Alonso to finish ahead of team mate Felipe Massa.  It wasn’t the first time that Ferrari had scored a a controversial victory in this way. You’ll recall that the Scuderia incurred the wrath of the crowd at [...]

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Ferrari Escape Further Punishment for Team Orders, Rule to Be Reviewed

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The FIA’s World Motor Sport Council met today in Paris to decide on whether further punishment would be handed out to Ferrari for violating the team orders ban earlier this season.  At the German Grand Prix, the team ordered Felipe Massa to move over for team mate Fernando Alonso, which ultimately allowed Alonso to win [...]

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FIA Imposes New Wing Tests, Red Bull Says No Worries

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Since the beginning of the 2010, when it became clear that the Red Bull squad was the team to beat, rival teams have been quick to point fingers and suggest that in one way or another the Milton-Keynes based outfit was somehow circumventing the rules. As Red Bull honcho Chris Horner recently told Autosport, “We’ve [...]

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Bernie Ecclestone Predicts the Grid Will Lose Two More Teams in 2010

Thumbnail image for Bernie Ecclestone Predicts the Grid Will Lose Two More Teams in 2010 July 28, 2010

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone believes that the F1 grid is due for additional shrinkage.  Over the past couple of years, several manufacturers have dropped out of the sport, including BMW, Toyota and Honda. This helped pave the way for such newbie teams as HRT, Virgin and Lotus to enter the picture.  Former FIA president [...]

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