Angry Mosley calls F1 deal into question 26 June 2009  Motor racing chief Max Mosley called into question a deal securing
Formula One's future on Thursday in a letter demanding a public apology
from Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo.
In the document, seen by Reuters, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) president suggested that he could rethink his decision to stand down in October. ANALYSIS - Stability is a relative concept for F1 25 June 2009
Mosley, who will stand down as president of the governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) in October while relinquishing immediately his day to day involvement in Formula One, has said he can depart knowing that the sport is set for peace and stability. Deal reached to avoid breakaway F1 series 24 June 2009
Embattled FIA president Max Mosley, who said he would not be seeking re-election, had been at loggerheads with eight teams over his plans to introduce a cap for 2010.
Vettel wins British Grand Prix in Redbull one-two 21 June 2009
Australian Mark Webber finished runner-up, 15.1 seconds behind the 21-year-old, with Brazilian Rubens Barrichello in third place for Brawn GP. Britain's Button, winner of six of the first seven races, had his overall lead over Barrichello trimmed to 23 points after finishing off the podium for the first time this year. Sorry I'm not an Englishman, says victorious Vettel 21 June 2009
With words that would have sounded remarkable from the mouth of Michael Schumacher, the retired seven-times champion whom Vettel is fast replacing in his country's affections, the 21-year-old Red Bull driver almost apologised for being a German. Silverstone fails to follow the script 21 June 2009
In the end, neither went as planned. Fans flocked to Silverstone in anticipation, 100,000 of them streaming through the gates on race day with flags and messages of support. FIA would rather talk than litigate, says Mosley 21 June 2009
"I think we would rather talk than litigate," the motor racing chief told reporters at the British Grand Prix when asked whether it was possible that a writ might not be issued on Monday. Mosley had not planned on attending Sunday's race after a flying visit to Silverstone on Friday. My car is all over the place, laments Hamilton 21 June 2009 World champion Lewis Hamilton lamented the worst qualifying display
of his Formula One career on Saturday and saw little hope on the
horizon.
"The car is all over the place and there is nothing I can do with my driving style to stop it other than drive slow," said the 24-year-old McLaren driver, who qualified 19th for his home British Grand Prix. "The engineers and mechanics are all as committed as before but unfortunately the error was made a long time ago," Hamilton said, before correcting himself. Wheel of fortune turns for Button 16 June 2009  Jenson Button's successes and Lewis Hamilton's woes have provided
Formula One with a storyline that only fantasists would have believed
possible this time last year.
Button, who scored just three points last season while 23-year-old fellow Briton Hamilton bagged 98 on his way to becoming the sport's youngest world champion, has gone from tail-ender to runaway leader in an implausible and entirely unpredictable sequence of events. Rival F1 series is a real option, says Ferrari head 13 June 2009
"Definitely this situation will be resolved one way or the other," he told reporters at the start of the Le Mans 24-hour sportscar race. "Either we race in an F1 with the characteristics we want to maintain or there will be an alternative."
F1 teams seek to bypass Mosley 12 June 2009
In an effort to remove what they see as the major obstacle, the teams association FOTA released a draft letter to the International Automobile Federation (FIA)'s senate and world motor sport council seeking their help in finding a solution over the next week.
Disappointed teams still hoping for F1 slot 12 June 2009
The governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) said in a statement that five of the existing teams were only provisionally entered and gave them until June 19 to reach agreement. "Pending completion of the discussions referred to... further due diligence is currently taking place on other potential entries," it added. The five provisional teams are Brawn, McLaren, BMW-Sauber, Renault and Toyota.
F1 entry list triggers more controversy 12 June 2009
While stepping back from the brink, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) made clear in a statement that a long-running standoff that has threatened to tear the sport apart over next year's rules was far from over.
New U.S. F1 team hoping to decide drivers soon 12 June 2009
"We've got a shortlist of drivers and we've already had the first of our week of evaluation of young Americans," he told BBC radio. "There are some very good young Americans out there, and we will be making a decision about that pretty soon.
Formula One's new teams for 2010 12 June 2009
Following are details of the newcomers:
All existing F1 teams on 2010 entry list 12 June 2009
The governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) said in a statement that McLaren, BMW-Sauber, Renault, Toyota and Brawn were all conditional entries, however, with further discussions to be concluded by June 19.
Mosley meets F1 teams for 11th hour talks 11 June 2009
An International Automobile Federation (FIA) spokesman declined to comment on the meeting, which lasted more than four hours, with the Ferrari-led Formula One Teams Association (FOTA). Ferrari say not an automatic entry for 2010 10 June 2009  World champions Ferrari have warned Formula One's governing body not to try to include them as an automatic entry on the list of competitors for next season without first meeting their conditions.
The Italian glamour team and seven others making up the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) have submitted only conditional entries, with the list of those accepted due to be published on Friday. Only Williams and Force India have submitted unconditional entries. Mosley urges F1 teams to enter unconditionally 9 June 2009
FOTA, which now numbers eight of the 10 teams including champions Ferrari, have submitted conditional entries dependent on the signing of a new version of the confidential 'Concorde Agreement' governing the sport by June 12. They want the published 2010 regulations to be rewritten, removing an optional 40-million-pound ($64.20-million) budget cap.
Button's F1 title a question of when, not if 8 June 2009
Had it been decided on wins alone, the Briton might have been looking at taking the crown as early as next month. As it is, August is possible and September highly likely. Retired triple world champion Niki Lauda agreed it was only a matter of time. "He's driving in the most perfect, brilliant way, no mistakes, nothing," he said after Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix. "He is fully in control of every situation. You can't do a better job than he does.
Barrichello plots Silverstone suffering for Button 8 June 2009
The Brazilian, who says he loves Button as a person but hates him as a driver, plans to hit the Formula One leader where it hurts most -- in front of the Briton's home fans at Silverstone next week. "I don't want to just win the race. I want a hat-trick there. I want everything. I want fastest lap, I want pole position," the 37-year-old told reporters after his failure to finish Sunday's race left him 26 points adrift of Button.
Mallya wants F1 team body to reinstate Force India 8 June 2009
The Indian drinks and aviation tycoon told Reuters he had asked FOTA to reinstate his team but would not lose any sleep if they did not. Mallya said he had been obliged to submit an unconditional entry, unlike the FOTA teams' conditional ones, because otherwise he would have been in breach of banking covenants. "Basically Formula One, like the case of any other business, relies on its bankers to provide ongoing working capital support," he said.
Button celebrates sixth win in seven races 7 June 2009
Australian Mark Webber finished runner-up for Red Bull, taking the chequered flag 6.7 seconds behind the Briton to equal his best ever finish, with 21-year-old German team mate Sebastian Vettel third after starting on pole position. Button stretched his championship lead over Brazilian team mate Rubens Barrichello, who failed to finish after a starting glitch left him fighting way down the field, to 26 points with 10 races remaining. read more...Beaming Button hails outrageous car 7 June 2009  Jenson Button's smile was as broad as the Bosphorus for lap after lap of Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix.
When the runaway Formula One leader stood on the podium, wiping away the sweat and champagne after an astonishing sixth victory in seven races, he had tears in his eyes and a sense of utter exhilaration. It was a race the Brawn driver said he almost wished would never end. "I could have carried on driving for another 200 laps because I was enjoying myself so much in that car," he told a news conference. read more...Let Turkish fans in for free, says Webber 7 June 2009
While Formula One leader Jenson Button chalked up his sixth win in seven races for the Brawn team, few locals turned up to watch. Official figures showed only 36,000 three-day tickets were sold, with prices ranging from 90 Turkish lire ($58.37) for the cheapest open field category to 700 lire for the main grandstand. Under 15s were half-price at the 130,000 capacity circuit. Trulli says Formula One could split in two 7 June 2009
The 16 race drivers under contract to the eight-member Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) sat down with the bosses in the Toyota motorhome at the Turkish Grand Prix for a 25-minute briefing. Representatives of Williams and Force India, who have both been suspended from FOTA, did not attend.
Hamilton looks to 2010 after Turkish dissapointment 6 June 2009  Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton turned his thoughts to 2010 on Saturday after Turkish Grand Prix qualifying showed his McLaren as far off the pace as ever.
Hamilton is 42 points behind championship-leading compatriot Jenson Button after six races and his hopes of reducing the gap virtually disappeared at Istanbul Park when he qualified 16th with the Brawn driver on the front row. Vettel on pole for Turkish Grand Prix 6 June 2009  Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel took pole position for the Turkish Grand Prix on Saturday ahead of Formula One championship leader Jenson Button. Button's Brawn GP team mate Rubens Barrichello qualified third for Sunday's race with Red Bull's Australian Mark Webber completing the second row. Massa quickest in final Turkish GP practice  Ferrari's Felipe Massa added weight to his bid for a fourth Turkish Grand Prix victory in a row this weekend with the fastest lap in Saturday's final practice.
The Brazilian lapped the undulating Istanbul Park circuit in one minute 27.983, the fastest time yet this weekend, with Toyota's Italian Jarno Trulli a mere 0.039 slower. In a further sign of Toyota's revival after a depressing Monaco Grand Prix, Germany's Timo Glock was third quickest in 1:28.094. We dont want a war with the FIA, say F1 teams 5 June 2009
The Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) are engaged in a standoff with the governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) over next year's regulations, with some -- including champions Ferrari -- threatening to walk away from the sport if they are not rewritten. "We believe that commonsense will prevail and that should our (2010) entries be rejected...we need to sit down and discuss the next steps," Toyota motorsport president John Howett told a news conference at the Turkish Grand Prix. Kovalainen quickest in second practice, Turkey
The Finn lapped with a best time of one minute 28.841 seconds, just 0.006 faster than Renault's double world champion Fernando Alonso, in the afternoon session at the Istanbul Park circuit. The top 16 cars were separated by less than 0.8 of a second. First Practice - Rosberg edges Hamilton in Turkey
The Williams driver, preparing for his 60th Formula One start on Sunday, has now been quickest in 10 of the season's 19 practice sessions while failing to finish any higher than sixth in the six races. "We just run less fuel than everybody else," he told reporters on Thursday when asked about the discrepancy between practice and race results. Dont count me out, Barrichello warns Button
Barely four months ago, after his Honda team announced they were leaving, Barrichello feared he was out of a job. Now he is second overall and just 16 points behind the championship-leading Briton. Brawn, who emerged from the ashes of Honda, are running away with the most topsy-turvy of seasons and Barrichello would like to add another twist to the tale before it is over.
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LE MANS, France (Reuters) - Formula One manufacturers are ready to
set up a rival series if the governing body does not meet their demands
on next year's rules, Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo said on
Saturday.
Formula One teams and manufacturers took aim at FIA president Max Mosley on Friday and called for an overhaul of the world governing body in a deepening crisis over next year's rules.
Disappointed teams were hopeful on Friday that they might still get a chance to compete in Formula One next year despite being left off the entry list.
Formula One teams and the governing body remained locked in combat on Friday after the publication of a controversial 2010 entry list that included all 10 current teams as well as newcomers from America and Spain.
The new U.S.-based Formula One team due to debut next year is already assessing American drivers and will decide on them soon, co-founder Peter Windsor said on Friday.
Formula One's governing body published its entry list for the 2010 season on Friday with three new teams confirmed.
All 10 existing Formula One teams were included on the 2010 entry list on Friday along with two new U.S.-based operations and one from Spain.
Formula One's governing body met teams on Thursday to try and reach an 11th hour deal before publication of a 2010 entry list that could secure a stable future for the sport or split it in two.
Formula One's governing body has told members of the teams' association FOTA to submit unconditional entries immediately if they are to have a say in next season's rules.
Winning is no longer enough for Rubens Barrichello after watching Brawn GP team mate Jenson Button celebrate his sixth win in seven races with a comfortable Turkish Grand Prix victory on Sunday.
Force India have been suspended by the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) for breaking ranks and unconditionally entering next year's championship, owner Vijay Mallya said on Sunday.
Jenson Button ran away with the Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday to stretch his overall Formula One lead to 26 points with a sparkling sixth victory from seven races.
Turkish Grand Prix organisers should let fans in for free rather than hold a race in front of rows of empty seats, Australian Mark Webber said after another dismal turnout at the Istanbul Park circuit on Sunday.
Formula One teams would consider setting up a rival series only as a last resort, bosses said on Friday.
McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen enjoyed a rare afternoon at the top of the timesheets in Friday's free practice for the Turkish Grand Prix.
Germany's Nico Rosberg pushed world champion Lewis Hamilton off the top of the timesheets in the final seconds of Friday's first free practice for the Turkish Grand Prix.
Brazilian Rubens Barrichello says he can still become Formula One champion this season despite Brawn GP team mate Jenson Button winning five of six races so far.