Autoweek.com is reporting that Tyre warmers will remain in Formula One next year, after the FIA agreed to scrap plans to impose a ban in 2009.The governing body had been scheduled to scrap the use of tyre blankets to coincide with the return of slicks at the start of next season in a bid to [...]

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As reported at Autoweek.com, the French Motor Sports Federation, the FFSA, confirmed on Wednesday that they have made an application for France to host a round of the 2009 Formula One World Championship.
The FFSA has a contract to run the French Grand Prix until 2011, but there was doubt about its future after Bernie Ecclestone [...]

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As reported at Autoweek.com, the FIA is to conduct a full review on how Formula One is governed in the future, in a move that could be viewed as a bid to enhance the governing body’s control of the sport at the expense of Bernie Ecclestone.
Following a meeting of the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council [...]

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As reported at Autoweek.com, The FIA has announced a shock decision to resurrect the Formula Two name from 2009 as an ‘inexpensive’ platform for aspiring driver talent as a stepping stone for Formula One.
In a statement following Wednesday’s FIA World Council meeting in Paris, the sport’s governing body has invited tenders for the new low-cost [...]

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As reported at Formula1.com, the FIA has announced the provisional 2009 Formula One calendar. There is no USA Grand Prix, but the addition of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix makes for a 19-round season - one more round than in 2008.
The Australian Grand Prix will kick off proceedings on March 29, followed by Malaysia and [...]

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As reported at Autosport.com, Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone believes FIA president Max Mosley is using concerns about the future of the sport as a ’smokescreen’ to divert attention away from talk about his own position.
Mosley wrote to the presidents of national automobile clubs last week telling them that the FIA risked losing control of [...]

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Bernie Ecclestone, Chief Executive Officer of the Formula One commercial rights holder has written today to FIA Club Presidents. To view the letter click here.

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Grandprix.com is reporting that FIA President Max Mosley has sent a letter to the FIA club presidents around the world, going into details about why he has not resigned and why he must be allowed to stay on until the end of his mandate in October 2009. They have acquired a copy of this letter.
It makes [...]

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Autosport.com is reporting that Formula One is aiming to establish a 110 million Euro budget cap by the 2011 season, this week’s Autosport magazine reveals.
A budget cap is set to be introduced in the sport from the start of 2009, and FIA consultant Tony Purnell has written to all Formula One teams with the figures [...]

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The BBC is reporting that Three-time Formula One world champion Sir Jackie Stewart says he thinks it is “impossible” Max Mosley can survive as head of world motorsport.
Mosley is under pressure to quit after a newspaper claimed he took part in a “Nazi-style orgy”. He denies his actions had any Nazi connotations.
Stewart told the BBC [...]

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