FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has revealed how “surprising” it’s been to not see Andretti Global and General Motors welcomed into the F1 paddock, with the president seemingly a fan of the potential Andretti-Cadillac partnership. The FIA and Formula 1 have been tentative when discussing the idea of a new F1 entry over recent years,
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If what has been said is true, then the motorsport world will get the first glimpse of how the FIA are going to deal with breaches of the updated International Sporting Code (ISC), with Maserati MSG Racing set to be “vocal” about the team’s values in Formula E. It was announced by FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem
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Andretti Global CEO Michael Andretti has admitted that the current teams on the Formula 1 grid aren’t looking at “what is best” for Formula 1, with the American accusing the current sides of being greedy. Andretti Global announced a new partnership with Cadillac (owned by General Motors) as part of a Formula 1 bid, with
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The 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix shocked the world, as a controversial safety car procedure by then race director Michael Masi allowed Max Verstappen to snatch the drivers’ championship away from Lewis Hamilton, despite having trailed the Brit for the entire race. A late safety car triggered by Nicholas Latifi’s crash made the final race
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FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has revealed that the ban on drivers making “political, religious or personal” statements has been “done with the acceptance and consultation and approval of the World Council”, with the FIA president attempting to make the governing body more neutral. The likes of Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel have been incredible role
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New Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur has urged the FIA to announce budget cap breaches quicker than they did when revealing Red Bull’s 2021 breach to the world, whilst the Frenchman has also called for the governing body to “forget about minor and major” breaches. 2022 was a busy year for the FIA, as they
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Trouble is seemingly brewing in the Formula 1 paddock, with a “strong majority” of the current teams still firmly against expanding the grid, with serious interest from multiple parties having been recognised by the FIA. The most notable of the lot is Andretti Global, who have been given support by the FIA to create an all-American team with Cadillac, who
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With Formula 1 becoming less and less competitive as the years went on, with the likes of Mercedes and Red Bull using their financial muscle to pull away from the rest of the grid, the FIA intervened with a number of changes to bring the field closer together. A cost cap was introduced to ensure
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Alpine executive director Bruno Famin is expecting the FIA to become “stricter” in regard to power unit upgrades “in the future”, with the Frenchman stating that the FIA received “70 requests” by a variety of manufacturers if they could make tweaks to their power units. Alpine are, of course, powered by Renault, who are one
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Every season each F1 team has a set number of engine components that they are allowed to use. Wear and tear, failures and crashes can all lead to a team having to change some of these components going into a race weekend, sometimes even going over the allowed limit. Should a team be forced to
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