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Tim Lee will become head of GM China

General Motors has hired former Volvo CEO Stefan Jacoby as the head of International Operations. His job will be to lead GM's business in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Tim Lee, the former head of GM International Operations, will b...

Three rookies on the grid

The Formula One grid for 2014 has been confirmed going into next week’s test at Jerez. There are three rookies on the grid next year; plus Kamui Kobayashi will return. The three new drivers are Kevin Magnussen at McLaren, Daniil Kvyat at...

The agreement is now being presented to the teams

The FIA and Formula One Group have signed a new Concorde Agreement covering from 2013 to 2020 on Friday, September 27. "We can be proud of this agreement, which establishes a more effective framework for the governance of the FIA Formula ...

It will use carbon fiber tubes

Formula 1 teams will use a new carbon fiber tube side impact system beginning in 2014. The new system is safer in impacts at oblique angles than the current side impact protection. The tubes crush progressively and can absorb 40kJ of energy even i...

Plasma ceramic coating lowers temperatures

Ceramic composite maker Zircotec has been supplying Formula 1 and prototype teams for a few years, but its materials are starting to find their way onto road cars, granted very expensive ones. Its ceramic material that it calls ThermoHold went fro...

The Wall Street Journal is not usually a major souce for breaking motorsports news, but today it got a major scoop. It looks like Formula 1 will be coming to a street circuit in Weehawken, New Jersey, directly across the Hudson River from Manhatta...

The FIA is upset that Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen both used profanity during the post-race interview with David Coulthard after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.  All of the teams received a letter from the FIA addressing the issue and as...

Calling DRS controversial among Formula 1 fans would be an understatement, but it has done its jobs. In a recent study, DRS was responsible for nearly half of the passes in Formula 1 last season. The FIA is keeping DRS for the 2012 season, bu...

Everything you need to know about the 2013 Formula One season

Formula One is about to start and we want you to be informed about everything so we gathered all the information you need to know about this season. Drivers, Cars, Helmets and the Circuits. The first race is this weekend in Australia and we want y...

Most Formula 1 videogames are simulations that put the gamer behind the wheel in realistic conditions and challenge them to race against the current F1 field. Sometimes it is just as much fun to play a game where reality is thrown out the window. ...