The FIA has issued the entry list for next season’s F1 world championship and it features all of the existing teams and the three new ones who entered last week.
Meanwhile more details of the deal which saved F1, brokered by Luca di Montezemolo, Max Mosley and Bernie Ecclestone, are staring to emerge. The crucial points are that the rules for next year will be the same as 2009, costs will be brought right down, but there will be no budget cap and the teams and manufacturers have committed to the sport until at least 2012.
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Motor racing chief Max Mosley made clear on Tuesday he would not be forced out of office by teams and car manufacturers threatening to set up their own Formula One championship.
In a combative letter to all member clubs, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) president indicated that he was minded instead to seek re-election as head of the governing body.
“Over recent weeks it has become increasingly clear that one of the objectives of the dissident teams is that I should resign,” Mosley said in the letter seen by Reuters.
“However, in light of the attack on the mandate you have entrusted to me, I must now …Â
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Last night I broke the news here on B/R that popular British motor programme Top Gear ended their long running joke, The Stig, a man who drives new vehicles around the show’s very own Test Circuit.
The current Stig (since 2004) has never revealed himself, and because of this he has become a cult icon in the United Kingdom as well as overseas. After months of speculation and a lot of controversy, Top Gear ended an era when they revealed The Stig’s identity to be none other than the greatest Formula One driver of all time, Michael Schumacher.
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Stefano Domenicali has blamed development money wasted on KERS as the reason for its competitive struggle in 2009.
Other big teams, including McLaren, have also blamed their current struggles on having focused for too long on the 2008 title, rather than on the sweeping new rules for this season.
But Ferrari boss Domenicali said crucial funds amounting to “millions of euros” was…Â Details
