Alvin's Formula One Blog

Bernie, you greedy little troll. You have destroyed F1 as much as Max has. So now if the teams leave, which they should because they ARE the show, your money goes with them. Without the teams there is no F1. Wednesday 13th May 2009 In the wake of threats from various teams to withdraw from Formula One if the proposed budget cap is implemented, F1 head honcho Bernie Ecclestone has called for calm. Ferrari yesterday added their voice to a chorus of discontent that includes BMW-Sauber, Toyota and Red Bull regarding the FIA's plans to introduce a £40million budget cap from next year. FIA chief Max Mosley has in the past said that Formula One can survive without the Italian giants, but Ecclestone has now moved to quell such suggestions. "I'm not one to talk about perfect marriages," Ecclestone told The Times , making reference to his recent divorce. "But this is a perfect marriage. Formula One is Ferrar...

Tuesday 17th March 2009 The driver with the most wins will be crowned the 2009 World Champion, the FIA have announced. In a statement, the governing body declared: "The WMSC accepted the proposal from Formula One Management to award the Drivers' Championship to the driver who has won the most races during the season. "If two or more drivers finish the season with the same number of wins, the title will be awarded to the driver with the most points, the allocation of points being based on the current 10, 8, 6 etc. system." The proposal of a medals system was put forward by F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone but it was slammed by many F1 personalities. "I think it's a nonsense," former team boss Eddie Jordan told BBC Radio Five Live last year when the idea was first thrown around. "The focus of everyone in Formula One at the moment must be on the current situation with costs and cost ...

Sunday 1st February 2009 They may be bitter rivals on the track, but Ferrari and McLaren are beginning to work together off it. With the 'Stepney-gate' saga of 2007, in which McLaren were fined a record $100 million and stripped of all their constructors' points for being found in possession of secret Ferrari technical data, seemingly a thing of the past, the two teams have vowed to work together for the good of the sport. Ferrari's media chief Luca Colajanni this week became the first contemporary employee of the Italian team to visit McLaren's Woking factory. "It was definitely a strange feeling," Colajanni said of his visit. "If you had told me a year ago that I would be doing this I would not have believed you," he added. The backdrop of an economic crisis has meant that Formula One has been forced to cut costs, and the formation last July of the Formula One Teams Associat...