thenascarinsiders.com - 6/25/2009
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I’ve been watching in anticipation the last few days as the showdown between the Formula One Teams Association and the FIA (Max Mosley) played out. Today we learned FIA President Max Mosley would give in to the teams’ demands to not impose the spending cap and he also agreed not to ...
britsonpole.com - 6/24/2009
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britsonpole.com —
The first reports from the meeting of the
World Motor Sport Council in Paris suggest a deal...
has been struck that will prevent the breakaway of eight Formula One teams to form a new series. The Associated Press reports that FIA president Max Mosley has emerged from the meeting to say he ...
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F1: Deal struck – Max is out, breakaway is over?
motorsports.fanhouse.com - 7/1/2009
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motorsports.fanhouse.com —
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 ...
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Mosley Gone as Formula 1 Avoids Split
britsonpole.com - 6/28/2009
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britsonpole.com —
F1 newcomer Manor is getting its first taste
of paddock politics after it was revealed the FOTA...
teams are preparing a formal complaint against FIA chief steward Alan Donnelly over the handling of its PR strategy. This follows news that the £40 million budget cap, an essential ingredient ...
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F1: Manor gets its first taste of paddock politics
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deuceofdavenport.com 7/8/2009 — What is it with racing bosses and their obsession with Nazis? FIA head Max Mosley was videotaped in a Nazi themed orgy with five hookers last year. He was seen "giving orders in German as he [lashed] girls wearing mock death camp uniforms and [was] himself whipped until he bleeds". Oh his dad ...
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sportsrubbish.com 7/7/2009 — Bernie Ecclestone started a controversy over the weekend by making some ill-advised comments about Adolf Hitler and his ability to “get things done.”
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F1: McLaren puts its hands up to all charges
britsonpole.com 4/25/2009 —
McLaren has moved to seize the initiative on the verge of its appearance in front of the FIA on Wednesday on charges of bringing Formula One into disrepute.
Yesterday The Times reported that the team had written to the FIA effectively admitting all five of the charges it faces for ...
Deal Reached to Save Unified F! Racing
thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com 6/25/2009 — Remember those dire predictions of the last few weeks that Formula One racing was never to be the same again as eight of the ten teams that make up the sport were leaving to form a breakaway tour, and taking many of the sponsors with them? Well, it's not going to happen. A deal has been reached ...
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britsonpole.com 2/10/2009 —
A new all-American team is slated to enter Formula One in 2010, featuring a car, drivers and engineering all based in that country. Brits on Pole asks: what does this mean for the series, for motorsport in general, and for British racing?
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F1 deal heads off breakaway —
SFGate: Top Sports Stories 6/25/2009
The cash-strapped Formula One series prevented a breakup Wednesday when the FIA's divisive and scandal-plagued president, Max Mosley, agreed to scrap a planned budget cap and step down at the end of his term. "There will be no split. There will be one ...
F1 teams want independent successor to Mosley —
SI.com - Motorsports 6/25/2009
BOLOGNA, Italy (AP) -- The Formula One Teams Association called for a neutral successor to FIA president Max Mosley after months of discord and promised Thursday to make additional savings after reaching an accord with the sport's ruling body.
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