The Brazilian and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix have switched places in the 2010 calendar, meaning the finale will be held in the United Arab Emirates again. The race at the Yas Marina circuit had been planned as the penultimate race of the season, but the sport’s governing body decided to switch the fixtures. The returning [...]

The FIA has said in a press release on its website that Sauber‘s application to get a team on the grid in 2010 has been successful, with them taking the place of the departing Toyota team. The press release read: The FIA has written to inform BMW Sauber AG that their application for an entry [...]

The FIA have today published the 2010 F1 entry list on their official website. A few interesting points of note from this entry list are as follows: Although Brawn GP are listed , it also says; This team has indicated its intention to change its team name to Mercedes Grand Prix prior to the start [...]

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. [...]

Bernie Ecclestone has given Silverstone a final ultimatum to sign the contract for the 2010 British Grand Prix. The outline of the ultimatum is that if by the time the FIA World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) next meets in Paris on 11 December to ratify the 2010 calendar, Silverstone don’t have the contract signed, Ecclestone [...]

In an outspoken post on their official website, the Ferrari F1 team have hit out at those at the top of the F1 hierarchy, angry with what they describe as a war waged against manufacturer teams by those who have run F1 over the last few years. The full post reads: Maranello, 4 November 2009 [...]

It was rumoured for a couple of days but today Toyota announced their shock withdrawal from Formula 1. It seems that F1 is a luxury Toyota can no longer afford in the global financial situation. The Toyota boss Akio Toyoda told a press conference in Tokyo: “This was a difficult but ultimately unavoidable decision. Since [...]

63 year old Frenchman Jean Todt who received the endorsement of the outgoing Max Mosley has today been elected to replace him as president of the FIA as he beat former world rally champion, Finn Ari Vatanen comprehensively, by 135 votes to 49. The FIA should be in good hands with Todt at the helm [...]