Pirelli to Supply Formula One Tires Through 2018
1 Oct 2013, 15:40 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Pirelli will remain the official tire supplier of Formula One until 2018, after signing a five-year deal with the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA). Even though the informati...
FIA Reveals 2014 Formula One Calendar with 22 Races
30 Sep 2013, 09:29 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) has announced the provisional 2014 Formula One calendar, which includes 22 races, of which three have yet to be confirmed. Probably the bigges...
2014 F1 Grand Prix of America Is Off, says Ecclestone
26 Aug 2013, 07:24 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Grand Prix of America Formula One race is gone for good. After being on and off for a while and getting the axe for the 2013 season, it looks like the New Jersey street circuit event got cancell...
Honda Working on New LMP1 Engine
9 Aug 2013, 09:05 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Honda Performance Development (HPD) has announced plans to offer a new LMP1 endurance sports-car engine for the 2014 season. The new engine will be based on the same turbocharged 2.2-liter V6 unit u...
Callaway to Build 2014 Corvette Stingray GT3 Race Cars
25 Jul 2013, 08:48 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Callaway Cars has announced it will start a development program for making the new 2014 Corvette Stingray into a GT3-class race car that will be homologated under FIA rules. “As Callaway ha...
Mercedes, Pirelli Reprimanded for Illegal Formula One Tire Test
21 Jun 2013, 14:07 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The International Automobile Federation (FIA) has announced that the Mercedes AMG Petronas team and tire-manufacturer Pirelli have been reprimanded for carrying out unauthorized Formula One tire tes...
Shareholders Urge Mercedes-Benz to Leave Formula One
18 Jun 2013, 09:20 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The largest group of private shareholders in Mercedes-Benz are asking the company to leave Formula One if FIA decides to punish the team over the so called “tire-gate” testing controvers...
Audi to Introduce Long-Tail R18
25 Apr 2013, 13:51 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Audi Motorsport has announced the introduction of a new long-tail version of their Le Mans-winning R18 hybrid race car at round two of the FIA World Endurance Championship set to take place at Spa. ...
Mosley Wants Further Cost Reduction in F1
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Max Mosley insisted that more cost-cutting measures should be taken under consideration to make the sport of Formula One even easier to be sustained. The FIA president admitted he was very pleased w...
Mosley Pushes for Budget Caps in F1
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Max Mosley's letter to the Formula One Teams Association only hours before the FIA-FOTA meeting today revealed that there is still much more in store in terms of cost-reduction policies in Form...
FIA Revise Steward System for 2009
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Following several complaints about the steward system in Formula 1 this year, the World Motor Sport Council has decided to implement a few modifications in next year’s rulebook that would sati...
FIA: Moveable Parts Will Increase Show in Formula 1
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / FIA are likely to discuss the possibility of introducing “moveable aerodynamic devices” into the sport of Formula 1 during their meeting with the FOTA representatives later today. As sho...
FOTA Put Cost Cutting Plan into Action
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) have finalized talks on Thursday concerning the implementation of certain cost cutting measures in the sport. The executive committee of FOTA decided to ban ...
Gene Thinks Less of In-Race Refuel Ban
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Not everyone in the F1 paddock thinks much of the latest proposal regarding a refueling ban for the upcoming years. Despite helping to decrease costs within Formula 1 – bringing the fuel prici...
Citroen Introduces First Hybrid Rally Car Concept
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Dragos Rusu / Many projects and concepts have been unveiled at the Paris Motor Show and French automaker Peugeot didn't want to be left behind. So, they recently pulled from under wraps the C4 WRC Hymotion4 ...
Coulthard: Engine Performance Will Count in 2009
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / While taking a more active role in finding and preparing young talents for the tough world of Formula 1, David Coulthard is very much interested with how his former team will prepare itself for the ...
Mosley: Standard Engine Is the Right Path
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Only hours before meeting the FOTA (Formula One Teams Association) representatives in Monaco later today, FIA president Max Mosley insisted that introducing a standard engine in Formula 1 is the fir...
Peugeot Might Test Ferrari's KERS Unit on 908 Prototype
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / According to some media reports based on 'F1 sources', Ferrari have joined efforts with Peugeot for developing a functional KERS unit by the beginning of the 2009 season. Peugeot are there...
Bridgestone Dismiss Tire Use Speculations
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Japanese tire manufacturer Bridgestone, currently sole supplier for the Formula 1 championship, expressed hope that the F1 teams will adapt to the new slick tires in time for the season opener in Au...
Revised Track for the 2009 Singapore Grand Prix
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / One can only argue that last year's Singapore Grand Prix was a total success. Despite not setting a whole lot of overtaking possibilities on track, the event 'benefited' from a chaoti...