Branson, Fernandes & Mosley hit back at Ferrari

Ferrari’s “Horse Whisperer” column has certainly raised some eyebrows around the world. Fans, teams, reporters and blogs have all discussed the most recent edition that took aim at former FIA president Max Mosley and the new teams of F1.
As a long-time Ferrari fan I must admit that I thought it was bit heavy handed [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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To the FIA: STOP IT! Just stop it!

I was going to write an overall recap of the FIA/FOTA nonsense and was growing so weary of the issue that I was having a hard time keeping my thoughts clear. No, I wasn’t lazy I just couldn’t really take all of the frustration I have and temper it in to a story worth [...]

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FOTA walk out of FIA meeting: WAR ON!

The fuse has been reignited in the war between FOTA and the FIA. As we discussed earlier this week, the FIA said that the teams technically have run afoul of article 66 and are mere observers to the process and that no regulation changes can be made without unanimous consent from all teams—including the [...]

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