Dear Mohammed Ben Sulayem today i saw your comment on my feeds. At first I believed I miss read it. Nope, that was not the case. You were quoted that you don’t understand that a single driver and team principal earn more money than the whole FIA does. Maybe you forgot, the FIA is a […]
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There is no undertone in the statement; all I would like to see is Maurizio Arrivabene to replace Mohammed Ben Sulayem as president of the FIA. Most of all, because Sulayem just ruined it with his current state of ruling the FIA. Sure, his announcement of the return of the V10 engines in the F1 […]
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At first I believed I was dreaming, then I believed I was time shifting between alternate realities. Only to realise I wasn’t dreaming nor hopping between alternate realities. What I’m talking about? The fact that the current FIA Formula One Championship as we know it only exists since 1981. The trigger came a few weeks […]
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Well you did it. I hear you saying it to yourself looking at the title of this weekly column. The FIA killed autosport. There will be a lot of you who disagree with this opinion. Or don’t understand the title. Does he mean racing in shitty countries with Formula One cars? No, i actually mean […]
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Everyone remembers the application the FIA opened in 2008 for new teams to debut in 2010. However, did you know the FIA opened an application in 2006 for new teams to enter the Formula 1 in 2008? On the 14th of February 2006 the bid was opened. Twenty-two teams applied for an entry in 2008. […]
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As there are over 650 Unraced F1 projects from the period 1885 – 2020 I decided before to publish articles of unraced projects per year. This is easier for you to see which attempts happened a specific year. Of course, it is easier for me as well as researching and writing an article takes a […]
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In the spring of 2014, the first news appeared of two teams interested to join the grid. One of them was the Haas F1 Team the other one? This was the Forza Rossa Romania F1 Team (FRR) under the lead of Ion Bazac. Perhaps Forza Rossa is the most infamous f1 entrant from the last […]
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In 1996 Schumacher moved to Ferrari and by 1997 key former Benetton personnel like Ross Brawn or Rory Bryne (the B194 designer), Tad Czapski (the engine electronic’s guru) joined him. Ferrari then went from being an occasional race winner to serial championship contenders over a sustained period. Questions have since been asked, why did Schumacher […]
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Rumours say that Campos Racing, in cooperating with Monaco Increase Management (MIM) is working on a comeback on the grid in 2021. In 2010, you probably remember, Campos Racing was granted an entry on the grid for 2010. However, before the season started Adrián Campos sold the team José Ramón Carabante as he failed to […]
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The Formula One was dominated years by McLaren and Williams. Both won several titles during the 1980s and the 1990s, until 1994 arrived. With Senna moving towards Williams and McLaren left with Peugeot engines. And Benetton… well they had some German Michael Schumacher. The season would be full of scandals, false claims and sadly the […]
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