As reported at Formula1.com, Formula One racing’s governing body, the FIA, has published the official entry list for the 2008 world championship.
Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen will take charge of the number one car after winning his first world title last season, while McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen will be numbered 22 and 23 respectively following [...]

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The BBC is reporting that McLaren have admitted that leaked Ferrari data had been more “widely disseminated” within the team. “It has become clear that Ferrari information was more widely disseminated within McLaren than was previously communicated,” it said on the website.
“McLaren has written to the World Motor Sport Council to apologise that it has [...]

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Autosport.com is reporting that the FIA intends to sue the English newspaper the Sunday Times for libel, after the action was authorized by the World Motor Sport Council at its meeting today in Monaco.
It is believed the matter refers to a column that former Grand Prix driver and ITV commentator Martin Brundle wrote on race [...]

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The is an excellent article at Grandprix.com analyzing the FIA decision on the Renault spying saga. It discusses the inequities between the McLaren and Renault hearings. What they identify is troubling.

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As reported at Pitpass.com, the meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council has ended today in Monaco, and the FIA has issued a release stating that Renault F1 was found to be in breach of article 151c of the International Sporting Code, but will not be imposing any penalty on the team. There will [...]

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As reported at Formula1.com, the McLaren appeal has been rejected. The reason given is not that they were wrong, only that they were not allowed to appeal. Therefore, Williams and BMW get to break the rules with no retribution, and Ferrari get another world championship handed to them by the FIA. Grandprix.com has a good [...]

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As reported at Autosport.com, Renault has now been summoned to the FIA concerning spying charges. Will this story never end. In addition, as also reported at Autosport, the FIA has started to look at the McLaren 2008 car to see if it contains any Ferrari secrets. I have no idea how this is going to [...]

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Congratulations to Kimi for winning the Brazilian Grand prix and, against the odds, the drivers championship. Given that he won the most races this year (6) he deserves the championship. Congratulations also go to Lewis Hamilton for coming in second in his rookie year. Now, for 2008, can the FIA get out of micro-managing the [...]

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As reported at Autosport, PitPass, and GrandPrix.com, the FIA, at the request of the head of the Spanish motor sport federation Carlos Gracia, has requested there be an FIA steward in the McLaren pits in Brazil to ensure equality. I am blown away by this and agree with the PitPass comments. In addition, the GrandPrix [...]

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As reported in Autosport, Jackie Stewart is considering legal action against Max Mosley. I, for one, hopes that he goes ahead. There was absolutely no reason for the comments and I think it is time for Mosley to go. He is making F1 look like a joke with his comments.

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