FIA

FIA President Jean Todt thinks the current crisis facing the sport could be impetus it needs to bring in a much more drastic budget cap solution

The FIA will use the learnings from its efforts to restart the Formula 1 season with the Austrian Grand Prix to help racing in its other categories get back underway.

The FIA has announced a further extension to the mandatory shutdown period for all Formula 1 teams due to the coronavirus crisis.

The FIA has announced a safeguard clause has been added to its international sporting code amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

The FIA will closely monitor McLaren’s transition from Renault Formula 1 engines to Mercedes next year to ensure the team does not make any extra performance-related gains.

McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl sees the ongoing coronavirus crisis as the most important moment to trigger changes to allow Formula 1 and the teams to survive and improve ahead of crunch talks on the budget cap and other cost-cutting measures.

Former FIA President Max Mosley says the current tactic of waiting to see how the coronavirus crisis develops “risks making things worse” for F1 and its teams and has called for drastic measures to be taken.

The FIA has taken unprecedented steps with backing from Formula 1 chiefs to change its governing procedures to help the sport prepare for the 2020 season shake-up amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Formula 1 CEO Chase Carey says teams will not need to formally approve any calendar changes amid attempts to reschedule postponed races into the 2020 schedule. 

Formula 1 motorsports boss Ross Brawn believes the handling of the Australian Grand Prix cancellation amid the coronavirus outbreak was “a pretty good job of reaching the right conclusion”.

As Formula 1 teams and paddock personnel arrived at Albert Park on Thursday morning ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, few would have predicted 24 hours later the opening round of the 2020 season would be cancelled.

Sebastian Vettel is confident the ongoing row over Ferrari’s 2019 power unit will not impact on the respect between himself and Formula 1 rival Lewis Hamilton.

Charles Leclerc says Ferrari’s rivals who hit out against its private settlement with the FIA over its engine must trust Formula 1’s governing body over the confidentiality taken out on the agreement.

While the 2020 Formula 1 world championship gets underway this weekend in Australia, action has already begun to prepare for the sport’s new Cost Cap system which officially comes into place in 2021.

Formula 1’s 2021 technical regulations have been changed following approval from the FIA World Motor Sport Council with major front wing, rear wing and chassis tweaks.

The FIA World Motor Sport Council has voted through the final 2020 Formula 1 rule tweaks including the car weight increase and allowing drivers unlimited helmet design changes across the season.

The FIA World Motor Sport Council has given “unanimous support” to both President Jean Todt and the governing body’s Technical Department over the Ferrari power unit case and has hit back at team opposition.

The FIA has set up a Crisis Cell to ramp up preparations amid the spread coronavirus and remains prepared “to take any action required” including postponing upcoming events if required.

Red Bull motorsport consultant Helmet Marko believes his team wrongfully lost £21million due to the FIA’s handling of its investigation into Ferrari’s 2019 Formula 1 engine.

The FIA has responded to seven of Formula 1’s 10 teams' demand for disclosure over its “settlement” with Ferrari about how it used its engine during the 2019 season. 

The FIA has released an intriguing statement on a ‘settlement’ with Ferrari following a technical investigation into its power unit.

Renault sporting director Alan Permane is adamant Formula 1 must not create rules which deny teams the chance to innovate because it would take away from the DNA of the sport.

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff says he cannot estimate a timeframe over when the 2021 Formula 1 contracts will be signed due to a series of points yet to be agreed on between the key parties involved.

Juan Manuel Correa says the FIA’s investigation into the Formula 2 crash that claimed the life of Anthoine Hubert “raises more questions than answers”.