Despite team bosses agreeing on the issue of 5-million euro engines, it is believed they do not wish to enforce that figure as a maximum cap for customer engine deals.
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The promoter of the Dubai based stock car series Speedcar is hoping to pair with the inaugural Abu Dhabi grand prix late next year.
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The 1998 and 1999 Formula 1 world champion with team McLaren Mercedes, Mika Hakkinen has embarked on a new career as a driver manager.
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A new row over money, with the formula one teams on one side and the sport's ruling bodies on the other, looks set to intensify.
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Despite recently saying Force India will field an unchanged driver line-up in 2009, things have now changed, team owner Vijay Mallya has hinted.
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Ferrari is one of those big manufacturers that love to celebrate their victories in style. The celebrations are that much more splashy when they're for the 16th Formula 1 Constructors Cup title, which Ferrari won last week. To commemorate this exploit, the manufacturer introduced the latest version of its ultra-powerful 430, the Scuderia Spider 16M. Just as powerful, the new Spider even has a weight advantage, as it's 80 kg lighter than the F430.
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Former CART and Formula One driver Cristiano da Matta is on the verge of racing full-time in Grand-Am next season.
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Two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso will remain with Renault F1 in 2009. Alonso, who switched from McLaren-Mercedes this year on a one-year contract, agreed to a new two-year deal, keeping him with the team through 2010.
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With the French Grand Prix out and no confirmation yet that the Canadian Grand Prix will be rescued by public funding for a new promoter, Bernie Ecclestone has shortened the 2009 Formula One schedule.
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The real political motive behind the Renault F1 Team's opposition to immediate Formula 1 testing cuts has now emerged.
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A McLaren F1 director, Simon Roberts, has been appointed in a leading role with the Force India Formula 1 team.
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The Force India Formula One team has announced today a major new technical partnership with McLaren Applied Technologies (which is a company wholly owned by the McLaren Group) and with Mercedes-Benz HighPerformanceEngines.
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Numerous former formula one winners and drivers turned out to test on Sunday ahead of the Dubai based Speedcar stock car series. But Canadian driver Jacques Villeneuve was not present.
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The Force India Formula One team has announced today a major new technical partnership with McLaren Applied Technologies (which is a company wholly owned by the McLaren Group) and with Mercedes-Benz HighPerformanceEngines.
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An impressive crowd of 72,000 Daimler employees and motor sport fans celebrated Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes-Benz driver colleagues from Formula 1 and DTM during this past weekend's Stars & Cars Day in Stuttgart, Germany.
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The real links between Formula One and the automotive industry are often pushed by participating manufacturers but is there really a transfer of technology that benefits road users, and do the motorsport suppliers offer something that traditional suppliers cannot? just-auto has visited one motorsport firm that is successfully transferring its racing knowledge, expertise and products to the road.
The real links between Formula One and the automotive industry are often pushed by participating manufacturers but is there really a transfer of technology that benefits road users, and do the motorsport suppliers offer something that traditional suppliers cannot? just-auto has visited one motorsport firm that is successfully transferring its racing knowledge, expertise and products to the road.
Observers will get a "tremendous shock" when the first 2009-specification formula one cars are unveiled, according to a figure close to the development of Renault's next single seater.
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The Force India Formula 1 team announced on Friday it has terminated its engine supply contract with Ferrari.
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Formula 1 team bosses of the FOTA - the alliance of the ten F1 teams - have been meeting this week for more discussions about future rules.
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