FIA President Max Mosley says that the federation is considering another radical cost-cutting idea for the long term: using the same basic engine in all the FIA’s main categories: Formula 1, Formula 2, the World Rally Championship and the World Touring Car Championship. The thought process is to have normally-aspirated versions of the engine for F2 and the touring car series and a turbocharged engine for F1. There would be areas open for development in F1, particularly involving …Â Details
Testimony is over in the Miami tax evasion trial of Brazilian race car driver Helio Castroneves.
Closing arguments are scheduled for Thursday, followed by jury deliberations. Castroneves, his sister and his lawyer are charged with conspiracy and tax evasion involving about $5.5 million in income between 1999 and 2004.
The Internal Revenue Service says Castroneves owes more …Â Details
Formula One’s ruling body summoned McLaren to an extraordinary meeting on April 29 to answer charges that it deliberately misled stewards over events at the Australian Grand Prix.
The FIA said Tuesday that McLaren was charged with lying when it told race officials that it had not given Lewis Hamilton instructions to let Toyota’s Jarno Trulli overtake while the pair were behind the safety car.
The FIA said Tuesday that McLaren had made no attempt to …Â Details