Formula One
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More than 24 Formula One races? No thank you!

Liberty Media is since a couple of years the new owner of the Formula One. If you ask me, it was a deal to be doomed, though that is another story. Bernie sold the Formula One to them. All Liberty want’s is to make more money. As i wrote a will back. How so you make more money in this case? By adding more races to the calendar. It seems
SMP Racing
F1 Rumours News Unraced 2020 - 2029

SMP Racing looking to join the F1 in 2021?

When i was looking into the rumours of Campos Racing and their planned Formula One comeback, I found out that another team is looking forward to enter the Formula One per 2021. The Russian owner of SMP Racing team, Boris Rotenberg, is looking to set up an all-Russian Formula One team for 2021.  How serious can we take this all-Russian F1 team attempt? Earlier this year in July SMP Racing
Campos Racing
F1 Rumours News Top stories Unraced 2020 - 2029

Campos Racing to return on the grid in 2021?

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 gain enough funds for the team to appear on the grid. Wil 2021 be completely
Chase Carey
Dutch Unraced Blog

Chase Carey: it’s all about the money

Een paar dagen geleden had Liberty Media haar jaarlijkse bijeenkomst. Hier sprak Chase Carey de waarschuwing maar weer eens uit dat slecht presterende Grand Prix’s, dus races waar niet of nauwelijks aan verdiend wordt zomaar van de kalender kunnen verdwijnen. Of het circuit nu van Historische waarde is of niet.  Beter gezegd als je niet genoeg opbrengt wordt je gedumpt. Ik had een paar dagen nodig om het bericht van
Goodbye
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Goodbye, my love, Goodbye Formula One

Goodbye my love, Goodbye, Goodbye, auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye and au revoir my love. Demis Roussos sang it in 1973, after today’s race at Singapore it seems I have to sing it as well. What has happened with the sport I used to love so much, what happened many like me are on the point to say Goodbye my love? The last seasons, basically since 2009, the Formula One isn’t that
Engines
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The fans want the V12 and V10 engines back!

Since 2014 teams in the Formula One are powered by Hybrid V6 engines with an Turbo. Did the V6 bring any joy to the Formula One? No not really. It took away the feeling and the sound from the Formula One. Be fair you felt in love with the Formula One as well because of the sound that the V10’s and the V12’s produced. Recently Ross Brawn, Managing Director of
Force India
F1 Rumours News

Bye Bye Force India, Welcome Andretti Autosport?

What is going in with Force India? We know the team is financially struggling and that the team is looking for a buyer, of course they still say this is false. Currently the rumours getting stronger of companies interested in buying Force India. Could it be that next year FI will be Andretti Autosport? End 2007 Indian multinational Vijay Mallya bought the bankrupted Spyker Formula One Team. A year before
GP1 Series
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Flavio Briatore’s GP1 Series could be a rival for F1

It has been said multiple times in the history of Formula One. An alternative championship for the Formula One. A good example for this was the GP1 Series Flavio Briatore announced already in 2006, before he came with concrete plans in 2012. To be honest I would support an alternative championship. Why I would support a rival championship for the Formula One?  Since day one I’m not a fan of
F1 qualification
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Will the (rumoured) new F1 qualification help?

Currently there are rumours in the paddock, or Liberty Media and the FIA already agreed, stating the F1 qualification session completely renewed. The knockout session as we know now in the Formula 1, were the five slowest will drop, will be replaced by an qualification race. Better said; A sprint race will be held on Saturday, which will determine the grid positions for the race on Sunday. So yes, you