All Posts Tagged With: "Max Mosley"
Formula One To Split As Talks Between FIA & FOTA Fail
The eight remaining teams that make up the Formula One Teams Association have decided to set up a new racing series following the failure to reach an agreement with the FIA over the 2010 World Championship. While this news has been building and building in recent weeks, the announcement – made at midnight this morning [...]
Max Mosley Suggests That The FIA Are Not About To Bow To Demands
Speaking to Swiss publication Motorsport Aktuell, FIA president Max Mosley has hinted that the FIA are not about to bow in to the conditions placed on the entries of the nine teams currently making up the Formula One Teams Association. Back in late May, the FOTA-9 submitted their entries, but demanded that the 2010 rules [...]
Ferrari Clearly Want To Stay, But Also Want It On Their Terms
In a follow up to my previous post about the FIA and FOTA failing to reach an agreement over the proposed 2010 regulations that will see a voluntary £40m budget cap introduced, I thought I would take a moment to try and decipher Ferrari’s angle on this affair. Without doubt Ferrari are to Formula One [...]
Renault Become Fifth Team To Reconsider 2010 Entry
As the snowball grows in size and pace, Renault add themselves to the four other teams that have stated they will not enter the 2010 Formula One World Championship if the current proposed rules that will result in a two-tier formula are not revised. Joining Toyota, Ferrari, Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso, Renault [...]
Will Max Mosley’s Legacy Be The Death Of Formula One?
Max Mosley is nearing the end of his fourth term in the role of president of the FIA, and as always at this time, there is much talk of what the Briton will do; run again or gracefully call it a day. In his time as president of Formula One’s governing body, Mosley has brought [...]
Max Mosley Grieves The Loss Of His Son, Alexander
Max Mosley’s eldest son, Alexander, was found dead in his west London home yesterday afternoon, it has been reported. Alexander was considered by many as an intelligent man who graduated from Oxford University before completing a doctorate at the University of London. Alexander was a celebrated mathematician and has worked as a software developer, economist [...]
KERS Hits The Headlines Again: FOTA Want It Banned
The Kinetic Energy Recovery System that has been introduced in 2009 is causing controversy again as Flavio Briatore admits that the Formula One Teams Association is looking at getting it banned from 2010 onwards. Currently the device is only optional and although it adds a substantial boost of power for short periods, the system also [...]
FOTA Announce Proposals For Formula One’s Future
The Formula One Teams’ Association outlined today their proposals for the future of Formula One. FOTA are a new body, set up last year to collectively voice their concerns regarding Formula One in a unified and professional manner. Previously, it was nigh-on impossible to get the team chiefs to agree on anything, but with the [...]
