Written by Red Andy on 20 June 2009
Silverstone, Saturday: F1 veterans Williams have added a further complication to the tensions currently escalating in the sport this weekend, by announcing their intention to leave Formula One at the end of 2009 if their demands for a reform of the points system are not met.
The team, which won nine Constructors’ world championships between [Read More]
Written by Red Andy on 12 June 2009
London, Friday: As the Formula One world awaits the announcement of F1’s 2010 entry list, it has emerged that a last-minute meeting aiming to commit the rebelling FOTA teams to next year’s world championship had to be abandoned as striking London Underground workers prevented top F1 officials from arriving at the talks.
The meeting was [Read More]
Written by Red Andy on 30 May 2009
Paris, Saturday: The Formula One Teams’ Association last night entered the 2010 F1 world championship, on the condition that the FIA back down from its plans to intervene in the teams’ financial affairs.
The FIA wants to protect the future of the sport by mandating a stringent budget cap on all teams, but FOTA have suggested [Read More]
Written by Red Andy on 21 May 2009
Paris, Thursday: The FIA, not content with their current plans to wreak destruction on Formula One, have further deliberately attempted to undermine the credibility of the sport today by announcing that the results of the Bahrain and Spanish Grands Prix will be merged, as if they were just a single race.
An FIA spokesman indicated that [Read More]
Written by Red Andy on 17 May 2009
Paris, Sunday: Formula One races will be revolutionised in the future following the FIA’s announcement today that the sport’s iconic Safety Car will be revised in time for next week’s Monaco Grand Prix, to reflect some of the latest developments to affect the category since the start of the year.
The new Safety Car, which will [Read More]