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The FIA recently announced a raft of rule changes for the 2008 Formula One season, mostly met with chortles of laughter and quizzical looks around the world. In order to continue his dumbing down of the sport, and to add to the grey that is known as the rule book, FIA president Max Mosley stated that wind tunnel usage would be now be limited and team personnel attending the races would be capped to name just two of the cost-cutting measures. On the face of it Mosley’s ideas aren’t ridiculous and they would see costs reduced for the participants, but quite how the FIA intend to police these regulations is anybodies guess. Continue Reading

A major talking point of the last few days has been the war of words between FIA President, Max Mosley, and respected triple world champion Sir Jackie Stewart. The argument stems from the way the FIA – Formula One’s governing body – have dealt with the McLaren/Ferrari spy saga, and subsequently the words each high-profiled member of the F1 fraternity has used. Talks of legal action, resignations and poor performance have all come to the fore, and it looks very likely to continue well after the 2007 world champion has been crowned. Continue Reading

Prodrive, Formula One’s twelfth team that is due to enter the sport in 2008 have hit a brick wall. They have been in the news this past fortnight regarding their intention to use another teams chassis. This is currently a grey area in the rules and regulations, and there is a battle going on at the moment centred around the 2007 entrants from Super Aguri and Scuderia Toro Rosso. However, under Max Mosley’s cost-cutting plans, it was thought this ruling would be clarified for next year in Prodrive’s favour, thus allowing team owner Dave Richards to hook up with a current team. Continue Reading

It seems too far into the future to be discussing the 2009 championship, but in reality it is only two years away, and while much may change in that time, the make up of the season is already beginning to take shape, particulrly the rules. Formula One’s governing body - the FIA - have quietly released the 2009 Rules & Regulations on their website. While many changes have been widely rumoured and reported, this is the first time they have been published for the public to read. The general jist of what will be happening come 2009 is detailed below. Continue Reading