Filed under: Motorsports
The ongoing “Stepneygate” espionage scandal that has embroiled Formula 1 this summer has drawn to a conclusion (for the time being, at least), and the World Motor Sport Council has meted out some severe punishment. McLaren F1 has been stripped of all its constructors’ championship points for the 2007 season and fined $100,000,000 […]
Filed under: Motorsports, Mercedes Benz, Ferrari, Renault
We’re going to call this one a rumor for at least a little while, but wow. We just got wind of this monster deal that would really cause a major stir in the already tumultuous world of Formula One. News of the World just reported that two-time world driving […]
Filed under: Motorsports, Spyker
After losing 13m euros in the first half on 2007 and making limited progress in this season’s championship bout, Spyker has finally decided to offload its F1 team to a consortium of Indian investors. Orange India Holdings, headed by Vijay Mallya, chairman of the UB Group, purchased the company for 88m euro […]
Filed under: Motorsports
FIA stewards have decided not to penalize Hamilton for erratic driving at last weekend’s F1 Grand Prix at Fuji. The stewards watched new footage of the incident taken by a fan and posted on YouTube, then deliberated for hours. Their decision stated “what has become apparent is the view clearly expressed by all […]
Filed under: Motorsports, Ferrari
An investigation by Formula 1 stewards regarding fuel temperature of the BMW-Sauber and Williams teams initially put into question Raikonen’s F1 title. Article 6.5.5 of the Formula 1 technical regulations states that the fuel on board a car can not be more than 10 degrees centigrate below the ambient temperature, and the […]
Filed under: Motorsports, Mercedes Benz, Ferrari, Renault
Formula One teams have long tried to glean insight into what their competition is doing, but this year’s spying scandals have exploded into all-out espionage. After the whole Stepneygate/Ferrari vs. McLaren thing, we thought that was the last we’d hear of spying until at least next year. But now […]
