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It looks like the future of Formula 1 will likely include closed cockpits for safety reasons. This discussion has heated up again following Fernando Alonso's close call in Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix. Romain Grosjean's Lotus nearly lan...

Some small teams disputing the change

Formula 1 tends to move in waves. Turbos are returning to F1 after a roughly 30-year absence. For years it was the norm that teams could buy customer cars as a cheaper way to enter the sport. But in the last decades teams had to build their own ch...

This year will feature V8’s for the last time with turbocharged V6’s coming in for the 2014 season. Which team will manage its development programme for 2014 alongside its 2013 title challenge the best to give its driver a chance of wa...

System will be voted on FIA World Council for 2014

The proposed Formula 1 penalty points system has been approved by a majority of the teams, which means that it just needs to be voted on by the FIA World Council in June to be added to the 2014 sporting regulations. Seven teams voted for the penal...

Formula 1 teams are done making predictions for how this season will go, and instead they are simply taking each race at a time.  "It is very, very difficult. Everyone has given up predicting this season, so we have to accept that yo...

FIA Officials will be tightening rules regulating engine management starting this weekend in Valencia. Officials are concerned that the teams have been using one management program for qualifying and another for the race. These new regulations are in...

Andrea Moda Formula

Andrea Sassetti clearly didn’t think his Formula 1 project through very carefully, in fact the story of the team that bore his name and the debacle that it represented defies belief. It’s one of those where we think: “you co...

Aston Martin

It would be fantastic wouldn’t it? Aston Martin lining up against Ferrari on the Formula 1 grid. The British Racing Green of the Astons would offset perfectly the fiery red of the prancing horse, and you’d have to imagine that...

Formula Drift racer Ken Gushi is getting a new ride for 2013. Gone is his Scion Tc, and here to stay is a 600hp Scion FR-S.  One gripe about the Formula Drift series is that it allows cars to switch powerplants, hence Gushi previous car b...

It is the fifth confirmed team for the 2014 season

Formula E is preparing for its inaugural season next September and has added another team to the first year of competition. In addition to Andretti Autosport, Dragon Racing, Drayson Racing and China Racing, there will be the E.Dams team founded by...