F1 Madness

The FIA has made changes to the radio regulations ahead of this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix. The changes come after Nico Rosberg was given a 10-second time penalty after the British Grand Prix when his race engineer instructed him on how to drive around his gearbox problem during the race. The FIA have now issued […]

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After a number of safety concerns by drivers the FIA will make changes to the Baku City Circuit pit lane entry and some of the kerbing around the circuit. After the GP2 Qualifying was postponed the FIA discovered that the bolts that hold the kerbs down had worked loose and were causing cuts on the […]

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Full transcript of the post qualifying press conference ahead of the Spanish GP. Drivers: 1 – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), 2 – Nico Rosberg (Mercedes), 3 – Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull). TV UNILATERAL Q: Lewis, a bit of pressure on you there in the final run after that mistake in the first run of Q3 but […]

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F1 is set to return to the 2015 qualifying format after Bernie Ecclestone and the FIA agreed to the request from the teams. Team bosses met earlier on Thursday to decide on the new proposed aggregate qualifying format. In an unusual move, all the teams unanimously agreed in a letter sent to the FIA and Ecclestone not […]

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All eleven Formula One teams have taken a stand against the proposed aggregate F1 qualifying format, as well as the current elimination style F1 qualifying format, in a letter to F1 bosses. It is reported that teams have unanimously demanded that the sport reverts to the 2015 F1 season qualifying format in an effort to […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 2 – Kimi RAIKKONEN (Ferrari) 3 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by David Coulthard) Congratulations, your 16th victory, your fifth in a row. Any man that has done that has won a world championship, so a good day in the office. Nico ROSBERG: Oh for sure. It’s been […]

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Renault’s Kevin Magnussen will start Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix race from the pit lane after failing to stop at a red light for a weight check. Magnussen, behind Red Bull’s Daniil Kvyat, was given the red light for a weight check. Because the drivers were close together, this caused a bit of confusion. Kvyat stopped […]

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The FIA, Formula 1’s governing body, has announced that the qualifying format has undergone further changes. The trial of the elimination styled qualifying format at the first race of the season in Australia was met with wide-spread criticism. A social media outcry was followed by meetings of the Formula 1 Working Group and several statements […]

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The Formula 1 Governing body the FIA have approved changes to the F1 qualifying format on Friday 4 March. These changes will be introduced at the first round of the 2016 F1 season at Melbourne in two weeks time. A statement by the FIA said that the changes were unanimously accepted by the F1 commission. […]

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The issue of re-introducing refueling during Formula 1 race has been shot down again. The FIA president, Jean Todt, recently confirmed that the issue would come under discussion at a meeting in Geneva. However, as in 2015, the possibility of bringing back refueling was dismissed by the Strategy Group and the F1 Commission. The general […]

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