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FIA & FOTA reach agreement to save F1, boot Max in October

Well that was a short war.  Cooler heads have prevailed in the shortest split in auto racing to save F1.  The FIA announced this morning that they have come to an agreement to bring the FOTA teams back in the fold with plans to phase in cost reductions over the next couple of years.  But that’s not all.  As part of the agreement, Max Mosely will not stand for re-election of his position this fall. While I’m sure that certain track promoters are disappointed today, this resolution is probably the best case scenario for everyone.  F1 stays intact, and Max is out the door. UK Whitney Gazette:  Formula One row settled Here is an official statement from the FIA. FIA STATEMENT 6/24/2009 All currently competing teams have committed to the FIA Formula One World Championship. There will be no alternative series or Championship and the rules for 2010 onwards will be the 2009 regulations as well as further regulations agreed prior to 29 April 2009. As part of this agreement, the... 

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Vettel dominates and wins at Silverstone

Sebastian Vettel broke the monotony of Jensen Button winning everything by winning in a monotonous way at Silverstone. Vettel dominated the field in what is possibly the last F1 race at Silverstone. Brawn still put together a good weekend with Barrichello finishing third, and Button sixth, but the results were a let down.  Button hoped to put an exclamation point on the first half of the season by winning in his homeland. Lewis Hamilton’s disasterous season continued on Sunday with a 16th... 
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June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Vettel takes Silverstone F1 pole, Hamilton 19th

Sebastian Vettel took his second pole in a row at Silverstone today with a lap of 1:19.509.   Vettel beat out the Brawn of Rbens Barrichello by three tenths.  Red Bull is looking strong this weekend with Vettel on pole, and with Mark Webber qualifying third. Mark Webber was pretty upset in post-race interviews.  He could have nipped Barrichello or even had a shot at the pole, but claimed that Kimi Raikkonen hampered his lap.   Webber said: “I would have liked a slightly... 
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June 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment

The empire strikes back - FIA to sue FOTA

You knew this was coming, but they sure wasted no time.  Max is threatening to sue now. The Canadian Press reports: “The FIA’s lawyers have now examined the FOTA threat to begin a breakaway series,” the organization said in a statement. “The actions of FOTA as a whole, and Ferrari in particular, amount to serious violations of law including willful interference with contractual relations, direct breaches of Ferrari’s legal obligations and a grave violation of competition... 
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June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment

F1 in crisis - The eight elite teams of FOTA to form new series in 2010

Either hell just froze over, or the end is nigh.   The unfathomable, the unreal, the unbelievable, the insane, has happened.  Just as the open-wheel racing split of the 20th century has come and gone, the 21st century open-wheel split has begun.  Articles all over the web are rocking the autosports world with news that a Ferrari, McLaren, Renault, Toyota, BMW Sauber, Brawn GP, Red Bull Racing and Toro Rosso have all declined to enter the Formula 1 World Championship for 2010. Today... 
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June 19, 2009 | 10 Comments

D-Day gets pushed back to 6/19/09

D-Day has was supposed to have happened today in the world of F1, but seems to have been pushed back to June 19th.   So the drama continues as the world waits to find out who is going to be in F1 next season. Max and Co. said that McLaren, Sauber, Renault, Brawn, and Toyota have conditional entries, but Ferrari and Toro Rosso were quick to put the smack-down on Max and say that they have conditional entries as well. These teams have demanded that the spending limits for the 2010 season... 
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June 12, 2009 | 1 Comment