Saturday, March 20, 2010

The real reason manufacturers left F1

An interesting read at the Telegraph by Christian Sylt and Caroline Reid regarding the reason car manufacturers left F1. Doing their digging through quarterly reports and financials from each of the car makers they have come to the conclusion that like all decisions made in business, it centers on profit and loss. No [...]

Op-Ed: Was Max Right? Todt thinks so

Ultimately that’s the question. Was former FIA president Max Mosley right? Were his warnings of an untenable F1 due to outrageous costs the downfall of Honda, BMW, Toyota and Bridgestone? Could he have been sending the right message to the wrong crowd?
Ferrari’s response to the Toyota decision has left me somewhat gape-mouthed [...]

Schumacher: F1 needs manufacturers

June 9, 2009 by Negative Camber  
Filed under Top Story

7-time world champion Michael Schumacher has voiced his opinion on the FOTA/FIA row on a video broadcast from Ferrari.
“It is not a very exciting situation that we are facing – especially the sport that I have participated most of my life in and that I really love. To see what is going on there, it [...]