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Brawn steps down
The Mercedes AMG Petronas team has announced that Ross Brawn will step down from his position as Team Principal at the end of 2013. He will hand over the team leadership to Executive Director...
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Renault gets a look in…
Here is Renault making the most of its F1 success with Red Bull, much of the thunder of which has been “borrowed” by Infiniti, the brand that belongs to Renault’s global partner Nissan, which is the...
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Today in Paris
This morning in Paris, the F1 Strategy Group is having a meeting, after which there will be an F1 Commission meeting in the afternoon. The teams are likely to spend some of the day arguing about the...
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Lotus announces Maldonado… and what follows
It has been said in F1 circles for some time that when Lotus announced Pastor Maldonado as Romain Grosjean’s team-mate for 2014, it would signal the end of the lengthy romance between the team’s owners...
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An interesting report
David Ward may have given up his candidacy for the FIA presidency, unable to find enough support in one region to qualify for the election, but he has not given up on his efforts to change the system....
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Extraordinary people…
I popped over to London at the weekend to see some friends, enjoy London, go shopping and attend the Autosport Awards. Many years ago I spent 10 years of my life working for Autosport and it was fun to...
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Force India confirms Hulkenberg
Sahara Force India has confirmed that Nico Hulkenberg will return to the team in 2014 after agreeing a multi-year deal. One presumes that Hulkenberg had a deal that pays him a part of his salary in...
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A Formula 1 calendar and some other changes
The FIA World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) took place in Paris and came up with a final F1 calendar for 2014. The dates are as follows: March 16, Australia; March 30, Malaysia; April 6, Bahrain; April...
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New Jersey explains
The Grand Prix of America at Port Imperial has been postponed once again, but the GP America promoter Leo Hindery, Jr and his team are working on restructured financial arrangements for a 2015 race....
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F1 in court (again)
The English newspapers, which love this sort of thing, have been lapping up the dispute between Anthony Hamilton, Lewis’s father, and Paul di Resta over their dealings together. Hamilton used to manage...
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The future of the Korean Grand Prix
The disappearance from the calendar of the Korean Grand Prix has not been greeted with much sadness in Formula 1 circles. The race has not been a great success since it began in 2010 and the general...
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Some thoughts about Ross Brawn
While a lot of F1 people are trying to figure out what Ross Brawn will be doing in 2015, he himself appears to be looking forward to going off to do some fishing, as he did in the gap between leaving...
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All this talk about mergers
There has been talk for months about mergers of Formula 1 racing teams. Much of this appears to have been occasioned by the desire of the Formula One group to save some money and have only 10 teams,...
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The logic of timetables
The publication of the F1 calendar for 2014 has led to some questions about the logic of hosting a race in Austin, Texas, on November 2 . This is the same day as the NASCAR Sprint Cup races at the...
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Stories about McLaren shares
There have been stories for several months suggesting that Ron Dennis is trying to raise money to buy out fellow shareholders in the McLaren Group, in order to regain control of the company’s F1...
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Virgin joins Formula E
Virgin has announced plans to enter a team in the new FIA Formula E Championship, which will kick off in September next year. Virgin, which was previously involved in F1 before selling its relatively...
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Jean Todt is re-elected
Jean Todt has been re-elected FIA President (unopposed) by the federation’s General Assembly. The election was confirmation that Todt’s work in the first administration was what the majority of the...
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How NOT to make friends and influence people
Jean Todt has started off his new four-year term as FIA President in a completely bizarre fashion. Rather than using his moment of victory to be magnanimous and spread goodwill, and focus the story on...
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The new FIA
The FIA has announced the results of the other elections that have taken place during the General Assembly. The primary roles in the Todt administration remain the same with America’s Nick Craw as...
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FIA says cost cap agreed
The FIA has put out a statement saying that “the principle of a global cost cap” has been adopted. The plan is to introduce this at the start of 2015. The decision came after meetings of the F1...
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