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Threat of Formula One breakaway series could be over
The storm has been quelled, for now, between the eight ‘rebel’ Formula One teams and the sport’s governing body, the FIA.
FIA Formula One Threatens Legal Action Against Ferarri, FOTA to Stop Breakaway Racing Series
FIA Formula One Threatens Legal Action Against Ferarri, FOTA to Stop Breakaway Racing Series
businessofsportsnetwork.com — With the deadline for unconditional entries to the 2010 FIA Formula World Championship expiring Thursday evening, FIA... has begun addressing the eight teams of Formula One Teams' Association (FOTA) that are breaking away to start their own racing league . The 2010 FIA Formula One World ... (more) FIA Formula One Threatens Legal Action Against Ferarri, ...

BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula 1 | F1 teams drop breakaway bombshell
news.bbc.co.uk — Formula 1 has been thrown into chaos after eight of its major teams said they are now... planning to set up a rival championship for the 2010 season. The threat by members of the F1 Teams Association (Fota) intensifies their row with world motorsport ... (more) BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula 1 | F1 teams drop ...
FOTA teams to launch breakaway series
FOTA teams to launch breakaway series
autosport.com — The Formula One Teams' Association announced on Thursday night that it is setting up a breakaway championship... (more) FOTA teams to launch breakaway series
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Formula One driver signs up with IMG
sportsprodailydeal.com 6/26/2009 — IMG Schweiz, the company’s Swiss division, will represent Formula One drive Nick Heidfeld in the country.
F1 links: FOTA wants F1 back in the USAF1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog
Not the biggest day for F1 news - but some good news for American followers: The Chairman replying to the fans Luca di Montezemolo has got good news for F1 fans in America: "As far as the tracks are concerned where the races are held, the historical ones have always had a great ...
When did F1 cars look their best? (Poll)F1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog
Have you got used to the unusual 2009 F1 cars? At the start of the year there was a lot of discussion about whether we’d ever get used to the peculiar 2009-specification cars with their bizarre front and rear wings. So, has time made us more fond of the new-look F1 cars? How do they ...
F1 links: Mosley wants Todt for presidentF1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog
Max Mosley is a one-man-band at the moment, determined to force the issue and not back down to the teams in the row over the 2010 rules. But are they listening? Max Mosley about-turn clears path for Jean Todt "Todt and Mosley have had a close working relationship ever since Todt was ...
What has Max Mosley ever done for us?F1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog
Romans: Big on aqueducts and roads, but not budget caps All right, all right! But, apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order… what have the Romans done for us? Like the Romans ...
F1 links: Questions over Donnelly and ManorF1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog
While Max Mosley is fuming about FOTA’s response to Wednesday’s deal , the teams are now asking questions about whether his right=hand man Alan Donnelly has acted improperly in promoting new F1 team Manor: Formula One teams to complain about chief steward’s involvement with ...
F1 links: Refuelling ban still set for 2010F1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog
Once piece of good news at least today - the teams are still planning to ban refuelling next year . This and more below: Refuelling ban still on for 2010 season "A FOTA source has confirmed that work is currently underway on what modifications need to be made to the 2010 regulations ...
Superleague Formula Season Starts at Magny-CoursFull Throttle
The eagerly-anticipated 2009 ‘Superleague Formula by Sonangol’ race series revved up for this weekend’s opening round at Magny-Cours in France with a dazzling display of power and passion on the city streets of near-by Nevers. Earlier this evening thousands of fans packed the downtown ...
Mosley’s latest attack is another desperate attempt to cling to powerF1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog
Mosley is trying to reignite fears of a breakaway FOTA championship If Mosley was hoping his latest broadside against the F1 teams would goad FOTA into reviving their threat of a breakaway championship, it didn’t work. So he took matters into his own hands, writing to FIA members to ...
Formula One Betting: Battles on the track, battles off the trackbetfair.com
With no Formula One this week, David Croft takes a moment to reflect on what's going on in the Championship and what's going on behind the scenes with Max Mosley at the centre of it all... What a week this has been for Formula 1. From the breakout of civil war between the teams' association ...
What the fans expect from FOTAF1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog
Reviving popular venues like Montreal must be a FOTA priority Max Mosley may have seized his first opportunity to resume hostilities with FOTA but it’s clear the teams’ association intends to play a major role in shaping the future of Formula 1. FOTA embraced the support of the ...
F1 links: Jean Todt and expensesF1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog
Some curious odds and ends in the F1 news today. Apparently Jean Todt is working as a tourism ambassador for Malaysia and is paid around “RM1 million”. I believe this means 1 million Ringgit, which is around £172,000. See below for this story, an excellent piece by the BBC’s ...
Who will get the six new seats in 2010?F1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog
Danica Patrick has been linked to a drive for USF1 in 2010 Three new teams on the 2010 F1 entry list means aspiring F1 drivers have a once-in-a-generation chance to grab six new places in Formula 1. Promising young rookies and more experienced hands who were recently squeezed out are ...
Mosley Gone as Formula 1 Avoids SplitFanHouse
by Geoffrey Miller You get the feeling this is kind of what the renegade Formula 1 teams wanted all along. Wednesday, F1 and FOTA [Formula One Teams Association] announced that plans from last week for the international racing series to split in 2010 had been halted after a deal between the ...
F1 links: No more F1 at HockenheimringF1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog
Almost lost among the flurry of details about the FIA-FOTA agreement and Max Mosley’s decision to stand down, the Hockenheimring circuit in Germany today announced it will not be holding another F1 race: Formula One news: Hockenheim says goodbye to Formula 1 "The city council ...
No F1 split, no budget cap - and no Max Mosley. A FOTA win?F1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog
I wasn’t expecting F1’s long-standing row to be resolved today any more than I had on the many other ‘deadline days’ which have come and passed with no resolution. But the decision from the World Motor Sports Council came remarkably swiftly: next year’s F1 ...
Ferrari, fuel, and hospitalityF1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog
A lot of work goes into getting Ferrari's fuel mixture right As at last year’s British Grand Prix I was fortunate to receive an invitation to visit Shell’s fuel laboratory for Ferrari last weekend. I was treated to hospitality at the corporate suite overlooking Copse corner, ...
F1 links: GP2 broadcaster Setanta bustF1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog
Here’s a round-up of F1 news and other interesting links I’ve found today. If you’ve spotted a hot news story, interesting new website or just something funny from the world of F1, please share your links in the comments below. Setanta goes into administration with loss ...
Save F1 or stick with Mosley: that is the World Motor Sports Council’s choiceF1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog
Today's World Motor Sports Council meeting is critical to F1's future Today’s World Motor Sports Council meeting was originally set to ratify the FIA’s planned entry list for 2010. But the failure of President Max Mosley to supply a list, and the declaration by eight of F1’s ten teams that ...
Formula One: Who Didn’t See This One Coming?Full Throttle
Max Mosley may run for a fifth term as FIA president after Formula One teams announced plans to break away from the sport because of a dispute over a planned budget cap. A letter The Littlest Perv sent to FIA members this week in part said: “Over recent weeks it has become increasingly ...