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Dec 19
With the 2014 rules, the FIA is reportedly aiming to slow down the F1 cars by no more than five seconds per lap.
F1′s governing body backtracked on aerodynamic changes for the 2014 season because of fears the next generation of cars would be too slow. After the recent World Motor Sport Council meeting in Turkey, the FIA announced that scheduled bodywork rule changes for 2014 to reduce downforce have been replaced by “2012 specification”.
Nov 28
There will be no French grand prix in 2013, according to the sports daily L’Equipe.
There had been moves afoot to revive the country’s defunct grand prix, at either Paul Ricard or Magny Cours. But L’Equipe said the French sanctioning body FFSA had not, by Tuesday’s deadline, received a request to apply to be added to the FIA’s 2013 schedule.
Sep 27
Ecclestone is tipped to present the draft 2013 calendar to the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council for approval on Friday
Despite the French government ruling out financial support, Paul Ricard could still be in the running to revive the country’s defunct grand prix. Le Parisien said the Le Castellet project had already anticipated the government’s decision when it framed its EUR 30 million budget.
Sep 26
Bernie Ecclestone has revealed the Nurburgring is unlikely to host the German grand prix next year.
The circuit was listed on the leaked provisional calendar that was doing the rounds in the Singapore paddock last weekend, but the Nurburgring’s precarious financial situation has also been well documented.
Aug 07
Originally, the FIA imposed a June 30 deadline for teams to apply to contest next year’s world championship.
Despite the current Concorde Agreement uncertainty, all 12 competing F1 teams will almost certainly line up on the 2013 grid. But that date came and went, shortly after the World Motor Sport Council approved an extension of the deadline to the end of September.
Jun 29
It seems the middle-ranking teams are most worried about the cost of buying a V6 engine and KERS package.
The prospect of radical cost-cutting in formula one is hanging in the balance, as Jean Todt’s end-of-June deadline looms and formula one teams dither. That is the claim of Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport, reporting the risk that June 30 could come and go without significant reforms being put to the World Motor Sport Council.
Jun 23
Paul Ricard mentions September deadline for GP certainty
Prior to Nicolas Sarcozy losing the country’s recent general election, the circuit looked destined for the 2013 calendar, thereafter alternating annually with Belgium’s Spa Francorchamps. The new government is currently reviewing the project and also considering Magny Cours as a possible host, but Paul Ricard’s Clair insisted that time will eventually run out.
Mar 21
In 2012, the new championship’s calendar comprises 10 events held in seven countries.
In close cooperation of the World Motor Sport Association, FIA, and the organisers of the two leading European Formula 3 championships – the Formula 3 Euro Series (organised by DMSB and ITR) as well as the British Formula 3 (organised by MSA/SRO) – a cross-series European Formula 3 Championship is announced.
Dec 07
Series to visit five current Grand Prix venues for fourth season, including Hungaroring debut
The FIA Formula Two Championship is delighted to announce its superb calendar for the 2012 season, which will once again be dominated by current Formula One circuits, including a maiden visit to the Hungaroring near Budapest in September.
Dec 01
Bernie Ecclestone has extended the deadline for organisers of the 2012 US grand prix to rescue their Austin event.
The news, reported by the American news agency AP, came as the F1 chief executive’s original Wednesday deadline came and went. “We are still trying to make it (the race) happen,” the 81-year-old is quoted as saying. “They need to get some money and a pen … as soon as possible.”
Nov 18
Organisers of the US grand prix have one week to rescue their event before it is scratched from next year’s calendar.
The deadline has been imposed by F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone, according to the Associated Press. “If they want to come back to us, if it (a contract) is not signed before the end of next week, I suppose it won’t be on the calendar next year,” he said.
Oct 08
F1 teams and the governing body are set to discuss Bahrain’s scheduled return to the 2012 calendar
After this year’s event was cancelled, Bernie Ecclestone and the FIA scheduled for the race to return next April due to the Kingdom’s calming civil problems. But those problems seem to have resurfaced in recent days, with the New York Times reporting that security forces clashed with protestors as recently as Friday.
Sep 28
A month before the inaugural race date, uncertainty still persists about the readiness of India’s new Buddh circuit.
The FIA’s World Motor Sport Council said in Singapore that the organisers and Bernie Ecclestone are giving “positive” briefings about the Delhi venue. “We’re very happy, they’re doing a good job,” the F1 chief executive told the AP news agency on Saturday.
Sep 23
The FIA on Friday sounded confident ahead of India’s inaugural grand prix next month.
With the Buddh circuit still to be formally homologated by the governing body, a Spanish newspaper this week said the situation at the Delhi site is “alarming”. Photos appeared to show that the track is “not only not complete but very far from it”, the Marca daily reported.
