So Renault wants out?

Renault’s executive committee is meeting today to discuss their future plans for F1. You may recall that the decision to remain in F1 was postponed at the last emergency executive meeting earlier this fall but it now appears that Renault may have made up its mind.

According to the BBC, L’Equipe says Renault is [...]

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Renault in meetings; Dave Richards in waiting

Executives from Renault are meeting in Paris today — which from my vantage point sounds exotic and lovely, but for them is probably like meeting in Newark or Kansas City, Kan. — to discuss the company’s F1 future, and lurking everywhere are rumors that Dave Richards and Prodrive could purchase the team.
Autosport is on top [...]

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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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Windsor downplays Cosworth row & new teams

You may recall the dust-up about FIA president Max Mosley insisting that any of the new teams wishing to join the F1 series for 2010 would have to use the Cosworth engine option orchestrated and put in to place by Mosley. There was a tender offered for a spec-engine to be offered to F1 [...]

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FIA Looks for BMW Replacement

With BMW’s announcement that they are leaving F1 at the end of the 2009 season and Peter Sauber’s, a 20% owner of the squad, inability to reach an agreement with BMW on a buyout; it seems that Max Mosley has re-opened the list of reserve teams interested in joining F1 in 2010.
The leading [...]

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