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Bad News For USF1

February 20, 2010

The New York times is reporting that yesterday in a telephone interview USF1 Team Principal Ken Anderson finally confirmed that the team will not be able to make the first race of the season and that the future of the team is basically in the hands of the FIA. The problem has been caused by [...]

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USF1 – More Behind the Scenes Video

January 21, 2010

US F1 Team recently released this short video detailing what went into the design of the design of their new “Type 1″ car. Quite incredible amount of work involved, especially when you have to smash the initial units into a million pieces to satisfy the FIA crash regulations. Hopefully US F1 will continue to release [...]

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FIA Appeals French Court Ruling

January 11, 2010

In a press release issued today the FIA made the following statement regarding the French Courts recent decision to overturn the FIA’s ban on Briatore and Symonds continued participation in Formula One: “The President of the FIA has consulted the FIA Senate and the FIA’s lawyers about the decision of the Tribunal de Grande Instance [...]

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Briatore, Symonds Ban Overturned

January 6, 2010

The Flav (Flavio Briatore) may yet get to be in Motor Racing once again if the French courts have anything to do with it. The French Court hearing Briatore and Symonds case against the FIA overturned Briatore’s life time ban and Symonds 5 year ban that the FIA imposed following its investigation of the Nelson [...]

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World Motor Sport Council Approves New Points System for 2010

December 12, 2009

The F1 Commission met for the first time earlier this week since the signing of the 2009 Concorde Agreement. Comprising of Key championship stake holders from F1 including the teams, promoters, suppliers and sponsors and headed up by Bernie Ecclestone as president. During the meeting a new points system was proposed for the 2010 season [...]

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2009 F1 Season – A Good Year ?

November 12, 2009

Well I guess the answer to this question is it depends who you are. If you were Jenson Button then it was a the best year of your Formula One career, a dream finally realized. I still remember watching Button when he was a guest on Top Gear, the iconic English car show. When asked [...]

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So What Makes A Good F1 Racing Circuit?

November 9, 2009

This question seems to be on the mind of AT&T Williams, Technical Director, Sam Michael. Talking about the changes made by the FIA in 2009 to try to improve the racing in F1, Michael made the following comments: “I think that clearly the changes” (in 2009) “made the cars easier to follow, however, there’s a [...]

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Will Toyota’s F1 Departure save BMW Sauber Team

November 4, 2009

Toyota dropped a bombshell on F1 today announcing that it is pulling out of Formula One at the end of the 2009 Season. Coming shortly after tire manufacturer Bridgestone’s decision to leave F1 after the end of 2010 this decision makes Toyota the second major Japanese company to exit Formula One in a week. It [...]

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FIA Elects New President

October 23, 2009

The race between Ari Vatanen and Jean Todt to become the next president of the FIA has ended in an overwhelming vote in favor of Jean Todt. Final tally of the votes cast for President were: Jean Todt: 135 Ari Vatanen: 40 Abstentions/Invalid Votes: 12 Jean Todt will serve a four year term as President [...]

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Massa FIA Medical Tests Positive but not Conclusive

October 12, 2009

The Second day of Medical tests for Felipe Massa at the Pitié Salpetrière hospital in Paris concluded on schedule. The medical team, including Professor Jean-Charles Piette, FIA’s medical delegate, completed a series of neurological exams started on friday, whose outcome was positive enough to allow the next step in Massa’s recovery program. Massa will drive [...]

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Finally Some Real News from USF1

October 9, 2009

After weeks of rumors and reports that USF1 was the team most likely to fail, with Bernie Ecclestone and Sam Michael of Williams reportedly even doubting that they would actually be able to make it to the grid for the first race next season, coupled with radio silence from the team itself made todays press [...]

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