Jean Todt, former Ferrari boss has been confirmed as the new president of the FIA for the next four-years after winning the majority of the votes. Todt won 135 votes compared to the 49 for his rival, the former rally champion Ari Vatanen in Friday’s election of the General Assembly in Paris and was said [...]
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Jean Todt Is The New FIA President For Formula One
Joy Ryder - Saturday 24.10.09, 17:04pm
Tags: FIA · Ferrari · Formula One Teams Association · Jean Todt · News
Renault F1 Receive 2 Year Suspended Ban, Briatore Banned For Life
Joy Ryder - Monday 21.09.09, 13:43pm
Today the Renault F1 team appeared at the FIA World Motor Sport Council hearing in Paris to face charges concerning the deliberate crash of Nelson Piquet at the Singapore Grand Prix 2008.
The Renault team were given a two-year ban, suspended until 2011 with the statement from the FIA stating;
“The World Motor Sport Council considers Renault [...]
Tags: 2009 · FIA · Fernando Alonso · Flavio Briatore · Lotus-Renault F1 team · Nelson Piquet Jr. · News · Pat Symonds · Singapore Grand Prix
Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds Have Left Renault F1
Joy Ryder - Wednesday 16.09.09, 13:18pm
It has been confirmed that both Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds have both left the Renault F1 Team today and have said that they will not be contesting the charges of the fixed crash at the Singapore race, where they are accused of ordering driver Nelson Piquet Jr. to crash.
In a statement issued the team [...]
Tags: 2009 · FIA · Fernando Alonso · Flavio Briatore · Lotus-Renault F1 team · Nelson Piquet Jr. · News · Pat Symonds · Singapore Grand Prix
Lotus Back On The Formula One Grid For 2010
Joy Ryder - Tuesday 15.09.09, 15:12pm
One of the new teams lined-up to be on the grid for the 2010 Formula One World Championship is the ‘Lotus F1 Team’, announced today by the FIA.
The Malaysian-owned team had applied for the final entry onto the grid after the BMW Sauber team decided to quit at the end of this season and will [...]
Tags: 2009 · 2010 · 2010 Teams and Drivers · BMW Sauber · FIA · News
Nelson Piquet Stands By Claims His Crash Was Deliberate
Joy Ryder - Thursday 10.09.09, 13:49pm
Nelson Piquet is adamant that he was instructed to crash his Renault Formula One car at last year’s Singapore Grand Prix, in order to help his team-mate Fernando Alonso’s race strategy.
Piquet allegedly claims that he agreed to the crash at a pre-race meeting between himself, Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds, as he believed it was [...]
