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FIA GT1 Championship goes global for 2010

After a meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council earlier this month, the FIA GT Championship has announced the expansion of the racing series for next year that includes more races and international locations. The 2010 schedule features four additional races and venues on five different continents, making the battle for the GT1 title a true world championship. United Arab Emirates, South Africa, China, Brazil, and Canada will all host races along withtraditional locations like Silverstone, Paul Ricard, Brno, and Spa. In addition to ... Read more →

Next Stop, Le Mans: FIA reportedly puts the brakes on Sebastien Loeb's grand prix debut Noah Joseph

What do you do after making it to the pinnacle of rallying and winning a record-shattering six consecutive world championships? Anything you want – or so you'd think – but Sebastien ...

Todt elected FIA president Jonathon Ramsey

Jean Todt, the Frenchman who has led championship-winning teams in WRC, Paris-Dakar, Le Mans, and Formula 1, has been elected to head the FIA. He succeeds the long-serving and highly controversial Max ...

BREAKING: Renault F1 placed on suspended two-year, Briatore banned indefinitely? Jonathon Ramsey

The World Motor Sports Council took only 90 minutes to reach a verdict in the case of Crashgate – wherein former driver Nelson Piquet, Jr. intentionally chucked his car into the wall at last ...

BREAKING: Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds leave Renault F1 Jonathon Ramsey

Flavio Briatore might have wished that he had been a little kinder to client and former Renault F1 driver Nelson Piquet. After Piquet was sacked for non-performance following the Hungarian Grand ...

FIA digging for dirt in Renault F1 investigation 2 months ago on Autoblog

The FIA is always sticking its nose around, sniffing around for some trouble. So, when the motorsport governing body opened a new investigation into the Renault F1 team, frankly we weren't all that surprised or interested. The probe centered around claims that the team instructed its ...

F1 Updates: BMW seeks new buyer, FIA re-opens selection process, Renault granted appeal, etc. 2 months ago on Autoblog

It's anything but business as usual this year in Formula One, and this past week has been no exception, with one team scrambling to secure its future, another receiving the go-ahead to continue racing, and others re-submitting applications in the hope of joining the grid for next year. First up is ...

Max Mosley, Sebastien Bourdais settle individual lawsuits 2 months ago on Autoblog

Those who bemoan modern Formula One settling its rivalries in the courtroom instead of on the race track have another set of examples to bring up at the pub as news emerges of the settlement of two lawsuits related to the top-tier racing series have emerged over the course of the weekend. In ...

REPORT: FIA accepts amended Concorde Agreement, F1 dispute draws to a close 3 months ago on Autoblog

No one could have predicted what has happened so far in the Formula 1 this year. Brawn GP, a team that didn't even exist a few weeks before the season started, dominated the first half of the season, Jenson Button, who scored just three points in 2008, has won six of the first seven races, and the ...

REPORTS: Massa recovering but may never race again, Renault suspended for safety infraction [UPDATE] 3 months ago on Autoblog

In a development mirroring countless racing movies, Felipe Massa's doctors say that the injured driver is showing progress in his recovery, but that he may never race again. The Brazilian pilot, who narrowly missed winning the title last year, was knocked unconscious on Saturday by a loose ...

Reiter Engineering unveils Lamborghini Murcielago LP670 R-SV at Spa 3 months ago on Autoblog

Reiter Engineering used last weekend's 24 Hours of Spa race to reveal its Murcielago LP670 R-SV, a GT1 race-ready version of the already hardened LP 670-4 SV. The box-stock Lambo already shed 220 pounds compared to its non SV brethren, weighing in at 3,451 pounds. The Reiter racer, stripped of ...

First Blood: Controversy heats up in FIA presidential campaign 3 months ago on Autoblog

You didn't seriously think that the race to succeed Max Mosley as FIA president would be entirely clean, did you? The head office of the international automobile federation has been the subject of more controversy than a G8 meeting, so it only stands to reason that the campaign to fill its vacancy ...

REPORT: Former Ferrari chief Jean Todt confirms candidacy for FIA president 3 months ago on Autoblog

The heat is on as former Ferrari chief executive Jean Todt has reportedly confirmed his candidacy for FIA president. The Frenchman has been touted as a potential head of the international motorsport governing body and automobile federation for years, with rumors intensifying following his ...

Mosley reportedly says he won't seek sixth term as FIA President. Again. Finally. 3 months ago on Autoblog

Could the end finally be at hand for the Max Mosley/Formula One soap opera? The embattled FIA president has apparently backed away from potential threats to seek a sixth term in office after all, instead deciding to endorse Jean Todt, team principal for Ferrari's F1 team. The announcement came as ...

REPORT: Ecclestone backing breakaway GP1 series? 3 months ago on Autoblog

Bernie Ecclestone didn't get to be a billionaire by waiting for things to come his way. With the threat of a breakaway series seemingly very real once again, the man credited with making Formula 1 what it today is has apparently decided to make sure he is on it. F1 Live reports that last month, ...

Ruh-Roh: Formula One Teams Association reportedly walks out of meeting with FIA 4 months ago on Autoblog

Well, folks, it looks like that elusive peace is slipping away yet again as the members of the Formula One Teams Association reportedly up and walked out of a meeting today with technical representatives from the FIA. The meeting of the Technical Working Group was convened to iron out the details ...

Musical Chairs: Kimi contests WRC Finland, Rossi considers Ferrari, F1 could grow 3rd car 4 months ago on Autoblog

Typically F1 drivers come up through the formula racing ladder. But for every rule there's an exception, and that exception seems to be creeping up for Ferrari, who are facing a potential change-up in drivers that involves not just numerous racing classes but varied disciplines of motorsports. ...

Who'll replace Mosley as FIA President? Could be...Mosley 4 months ago on Autoblog

With Max Mosley due to end his tenure as president of the FIA in October, the recent rift between the current Formula One championship and the Formula One Teams Association has apparently been healed. Now the big question on everyone's minds in the motorsport world is: Who will replace Mosley? ...

BREAKING: F1 reunites as Max Mosely reportedly forced to quit F1 4 months ago on Autoblog

After all of this year's soap opera stories in Formula One, it appears there will be a unified championship series next year after all. According to The Times UK, controversial F1 boss Max Mosley has been "forced into a humiliating climbdown as president of the FIA," and his reign is over effective ...

That didn't take long, either: FIA reportedly drops lawsuit against FOTA, wants to talk 4 months ago on Autoblog

Take a poll anywhere outside of Max Mosley's or Bernie Ecclestone's motor homes and you'll probably find a preponderance of F1 fans rooting for the Formula One Teams Association. When the FOTA announced a breakaway series for 2010, it took just about 12 hours for the FIA to uncork its laywers. Just ...

That didn't take long: FIA sues the FOTA over breakaway series 4 months ago on Autoblog

Barely a half a day has passed since the FOTA announced it start a breakaway championship, and as predicted, the FIA has announced it's suing the rebel teams. The FIA's sternest words were aimed at Ferrari, saying "The actions of FOTA as a whole, and Ferrari in particular, amount to serious ...

Le Mans courting disgruntled F1 teams 4 months ago on Autoblog

Every F1 fan knows that while these might not be the darkest days for F1, they are certainly distracting and annoying. Max Mosley's years of unilaterally implementing rules might finally break up the F1 band, sending eight current teams into a breakaway F1 series or a different series entirely. If ...

REPORT: Peugeot lodges protest against the Audi R15 TDI at Le Mans 5 months ago on Autoblog

The drama has already begun at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, albeit not the on-track kind. Peugeot has reportedly lodged a protest against Audi's R15 racer, charging that elements of the car's front wing are illegal. Peugeot asserts that the flap-like sections at the rear of the front wing, where ...

F1-crashing Mohammed bin Sulayem appointed FIA race steward 5 months ago on Autoblog

If you were appointing a steward to supervise the safe and fair running of a major auto race, you'd probably appoint someone with unimpeachable credentials, right? Someone who wouldn't have, say, totaled an F1 car in a publicity stunt for the gathered press? Well, if you needed any further ...

REPORT: Formula One teams, drivers get serious on break-away series 5 months ago on Autoblog

It's all or nothing for the Formula One Teams Association. The body representing the majority of the teams is still in the process of negotiating with the FIA over the proposed drastic budget cuts, but insists that the FIA has to take all of them or none of them. If Max Mosley's budget cuts are ...

SPOILER ALERT: Hopes and Dreams at the 2009 Turkish Grand Prix 5 months ago on Autoblog

With the established teams still threatening to walk and new teams lining up by the dozen, nothing could have better characterized Formula One's transition from old to new better than the move from the Monaco Grand Prix two weeks ago to the Turkish Grand Prix this weekend. While the Monaco race ...

Grand Primer: A dozen new teams lodge bids to enter F1 5 months ago on Autoblog

Whatever the outcome of the standoff between the Formula One Teams Association and the FIA, it was clear from the get-go that F1 was to change dramatically. As it turned out, the two parties – the first representing the teams currently participating in the sport and the second its governing ...

F1 Standoff Update: Mosley drops two-tier system, Ferrari takes FIA to court 5 months ago on Autoblog

With the May 29 deadline for registering for the 2010 Formula 1 season fast approaching and the bulk of the current teams threatening to walk out of the series, FIA chief Max Mosley and F1 commercial director Bernie Ecclestone met in London on Friday with the heads of each Formula One team to ...

Renault joins Ferrari with threats to leave Formula 1 5 months ago on Autoblog

After hinting at its displeasure, Renault has joined the the threats made by other manufacturer-supported teams (Ferrari chief among them) that they'll quit F1 if the FIA doesn't change its proposed rules for next season. The motorsport governing body put forward a new set of regulations that ...

More F1 teams joins boycott call for 2010 regulation changes 6 months ago on Autoblog

Yesterday, we brought you news that Toyota could quit Formula One if FIA president Max Mosley's proposal for a two-tiered budget system is put in place. But the Japanese team based in Germany – currently enjoying its best season so far – isn't the only one making noise. Ferrari has ...

Toyota to reportedly exit F1 if 2010 rules are not changed 6 months ago on Autoblog

After the FIA's rule change to allow a two-tier budgetary and technical regulation system in F1 next year, Toyota is the first team to come out and say it might not contest the 2010 season. After publishing next year's regulations, the FIA made May 29 the final day for teams to declare their ...

FIA introduces two-tier cost structure and winner-take-all F1 Championship in 2010 6 months ago on Autoblog

It is unclear whether reality show impresario Mark Burnett is actually the one running Formula 1, but the political goings-on of the series continue to overshadow what happens on the track. The FIA recently published the 2010 regulations with some novel inclusions: a winner-take-all system for ...

FIA GT Silverstone: new faces on track, old faces on the winner's stand 6 months ago on Autoblog

The 2009 FIA GT season began this weekend, with plenty of new faces showing up in the starting grid. Matech is hoping that its new Ford GT will be a contender in GT1, as does Nissan with its GT-R, and in the GT3 category the Audi R8 LMS, Alpina B6 GT3, and Ferrari 430 Scuderia all made their FIA ...

Safety First: Wiesmann MF5 sets the pace for FIA GT Championship 6 months ago on Autoblog

The 2009 FIA GT Championship kicked off this weekend at England's stoic Silverstone circuit, and with it a number of new racing machines – including competition versions of the Nissan GT-R, Audi R8 and Ford GT – started their bid for the crown. But at the front of the field was ...

FIA imposes three-race ban on McLaren, then suspends it 6 months ago on Autoblog

The FIA World Motor Sport Counsel has issued, and then retracted, a three-race on ban on McLaren after an investigation discovered the F1 team mislead race stewards at the Australian Grand Prix. The episode that led to the probe involved McLaren accusing Toyota's Jarno Trulli of overtaking ...

REPORT: Formula 1 fixture Ron Dennis quits McLaren Racing 6 months ago on Autoblog

McLaren F1 doesn't need to cheat to win, but for some reason they keep on doing it – cheating, that is. The team's most recent snafu is being called Liargate, and it has resulted in a McLaren sporting director being sacked, Lewis Hamilton talking of switching teams, Martin Whitmarsh fumbling ...

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