Former F1 driver Nelson Piquet Jr is moving to NASCAR for 2010. Piquet Jr. said yesterday on his website that his… “first 18 months in F-1 did not go as planned. I have decided to focus on something different and have chosen to take a route in America. “I have spent the last few months [...]

Former FIA president Max Mosley has said that, despite Flavio Briatore’s lifetime ban being overturned, the affair is far from over. In a French court on Tuesday, the judge found that Briatore’s and Symonds’s bans were past the limits of the FIA’s power, and that the bans must be overturned. The FIA’s legal team are [...]

Disgraced team boss Flavio Briatore has had his life ban from FIA motorsport overturned today when a French Court ruled that the FIA’s punishment was illegal. Briatore was given a lifetime ban from FIA motorsport when he ordered Nelson Piquet Jr. to crash on purpose to aid the team’s other driver Fernando Alonso, in a [...]

Renault have announced that Frenchman Eric Bouiller will replace the disgraced Flavio Briatore as team principal of the Enstone-based F1 team. Flavio Briatore was barred from any involvement in any FIA ran motorsport event for life after the Crashgate scandal in 2008 at the Singapore Grand Prix, where Nelson Piquet Jr who was at Renault [...]

This week disgraced former Renault team boss Flavio Briatore has gone to court to try to have his lifetime ban from FIA motorsport overturned. He also wants £900,000 in damages. He still denies any involvement in the ‘crashgate‘ scandal which earned him the ban. Do you think he should have his ban overturned?

The former Renault team boss, disgraced Flavio Briatore has today appeared in a French court for the start of a hearing against the FIA. Briatore wants his lifetime motorsport ban overturned and £900,000 in damages. Briatore received his lifetime ban from motorsport due to his alleged involvement in the ‘crashgate‘ scandal, where Nelson Piquet Jr. [...]

After the bombshell of Toyota pulling out yesterday, it seemed we were heading for a double-whammy with Renault calling an emergency meeting in Paris. However the result of that meeting sounds positive and it seems Renault will continue on the F1 grid in 2010. The Enstone based team have had a tough 2 years, finishing [...]