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Max’s tier drop?

: Posted by Sam Philip; 4:47 pm on Monday May 18, 2009

The FIA will ditch the idea of a two-tier F1 championship, but aren’t prepared to budge much on the £40m budget. That’s what seems to have come out of Max ‘n’ Bernie’s Big Budget Cap Meeting.

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Bunking Brigade

: Posted by Jamie Hibbard; 10:28 am on Thursday May 14, 2009

How important is it that Ferrari stay in Formula 1? You’ll have seen in the papers that the Scuderia are talking a lot about leaving if the FIA’s proposed rules don’t change for 2010.

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Three teams for 2010?

: Posted by Jamie Hibbard; 5:12 pm on Monday May 11, 2009

After Lie-gate and Diffuser-gate comes We’re-not-racing-in-a-two-tier-F1-gate, as a number of teams have started ganging up on the FIA with big dirty threats of quitting the show next season.

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Spanish class

: Posted by Jamie Hibbard; 1:56 pm on Sunday May 10, 2009

Jenson Button stormed ahead to the win in Spain, leaving teammate Rubens Barrichello wondering how he threw it all away. Still, Brawn will be happy.

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Tags:: bmw,; Brawn GP,; ferrari,; Force India,; gossip,; incidents,; jenson button,; Luca di Montezemolo,; racing,; renault,; Ross Brawn,; Vijay Mallya

Catch-up time

: Posted by Jamie Hibbard; 4:45 pm on Tuesday May 5, 2009

Jenson Button is gearing up for a tough time retaining his World Championship lead at this weekend’s Spanish GP.

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Only £40m? Come on, boss…

: Posted by Sam Philip; 1:25 pm on Thursday April 30, 2009

Welcome to the biggest shake-up in F1 since, er, ever. The FIA has just announced a £40 million team budget cap within Formula 1 for next season.

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Tags:: FIA,; gossip,; incidents,; lewis hamilton,; liegate,; Martin Whitmarsh,; mclaren,; WMSC

McLaren’s slapped wrist

: Posted by Sam Philip; 1:28 pm on Wednesday April 29, 2009

McLaren are off the hook. Well, sort of. The FIA has given the British team a suspended three-race ban for misleading stewards at the Australian Grand Prix.

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Tags:: bernie ecclestone,; british gp,; Donington Park,; F1 2010,; gossip,; racing

Brit GP threat

: Posted by Jamie Hibbard; 11:35 am on Friday April 24, 2009

The British Grand Prix is once again under threat, as the owners of the Donington circuit begin legal action against the company that has the lease on the venue for the next 150 years.

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