FIA: Hill joins Stewards, 9 new ICA members

Following the announcement yesterday that former F1 driver Alain Prost would be assisting the Steward council in Bahrain as a drivers representative, it has now been confirmed that former champion Damon Hill will do the same for two races this year:
“Damon Hill has agreed to do two events,” Stoker said. “It is likely he’s going [...]

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Op/Ed: Briatore laughs last?

As we reported at F1B today, the first level of French court justice overturned the bans on defamed, former Renault team principle Flavio Briatore and ousted technical director Pat Symonds. The FIA had issued a ban for messrs. Briatore and Symonds for their involvement in the 2008 Singapore crash scandal.

Much has been made of [...]

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N. Technology…did it stand a chance?

N. Technology’s parent company MSC had filed suit against the FIA regarding their selection process for awarding grid positions for the 2010 season. That bid was unsuccessful, as it turns out, to prove any wrongdoing on the FIA’s part. At least the court rejected all points made by MSC.

The argument was over the [...]

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Update: FIA ‘condems’ leak of Briatore info

We now know what it takes to get Jean Todt to speak: a little leaked court information.
The FIA today, following the Guardian’s getting a hold of some of Flavio Briatore’s court claims, released a short statement denying Flavio’s apparent claims and denouncing the leak:
The FIA condemns the selective leaking of extracts from Mr Briatore’s pleadings [...]

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FIA Pounds Chest; Sets Appeal Date

The FIA has been busty this week. They’ve had to set the date for the Renault appeal, which is going to be on August 17th, and they have had to throw cow dung at the teams over the BMW quit announcement.
Renault were penalized for allowing Fernando Alonso’s car to enter the track with an [...]

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