All Posts Tagged With: "FIA"
Safety Is Paramount: The New Mercedes SLS AMG Safety Car
The FIA together with Mercedes-Benz had their own car launch recently, mirroring those of the Formula One teams by showing the world their 2010 challengers. Unlike a Formula One car though, the FIA’s is designed with safety in mind, and with this comes the new safety car for this season, the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG. The [...]
Zoran Stefanovic Still Hopeful Of 2010 Entry
Stefan Grand Prix owner, Zoran Stefanovic, is still hopeful of gaining entry to the 2010 Formula One World Championship, despite the squad still not receiving a formal invitation from the FIA or the team having tested a car. However, despite time running out with the Bahrain Grand Prix rapidly approaching, Stefanovic is determined to press [...]
FIA Inspect USF1 Amidst Troubling Reports
FIA technical delegate Charlie Whiting is believed to be traveling to Charlotte, North Carolina in order to inspect the USF1 entry amidst troubling reports coming from the new team. It is suggested the squad are in serious trouble and one team insider has leaked information saying that only current investor Chad Hurley is in a [...]
Anderson Speaks: USF1 To Miss Bahrain?
USF1 co-founder Ken Anderson has broken his silence and finally spoken about his new team to Formula One and the financial difficulties they have faced in recent weeks and the consequences this all has on the immediate future of the squad. In an interview published in the The New York Times on Friday, Anderson spoke [...]
FIA Confirm Rule Changes For 2010
Formula One’s governing body, the FIA, have published the final version of the 2010 rules and regulations ahead of the season opener in Bahrain in mid-March. The rule changes have been mentioned in previous drafts and the organisation have clarified a couple others. With this publication being final, the only changes that may now take [...]
Daily Debate: Should The FIA Publish The Fuel Weights?
Last year, the FIA decided to publish the weights of each car following the final qualifying session on Saturday. The reason for the change was to make the show more interesting to fans, as it meant that some of us were able to work out how much fuel each car was carrying during qualifying and [...]
Daily Debate: Is It Acceptable For Teams To Miss Races?
Up until very recently, missing a grand prix was considered to be one of Formula One’s greatest sins and frowned upon by the sport’s commercial rights holder, Bernie Ecclestone. The repercussions of such tardiness were often met with huge fines, and as teams that missed races in the past were usually doing so due to [...]
New Points System For 2010
The FIA have announced that a new points system will be implemented for the 2010 season, increasing the points awarded to each position and extending the award to the top-ten finishers. The F1 Commission, made up of key members of Formula One and chaired by Bernie Ecclestone, proposed the change to reflect the increased number [...]
