Posts Tagged ‘FOTA’

Formula One unlikely to tweak qualifying format

Formula One appears unlikely to tweak the current qualifying format despite concerns in 2011 about a flagging spectacle. Overall, the ‘knockout’ format has been popular in recent years, with fast drivers graduating from the Q1 segment to Q2, and then from Q2 to the decisive top-ten Q3 session.

Nuts And Bolts

Some news tidbits from the world of Formula 1: Mercedes ‘Not Dropping’ 2010 Car – Brawn: Mercedes is still working on its current car but has started to design the W01′s successor, team boss Ross Brawn has revealed. Michael Schumacher, who is 75 points behind the championship leader Lewis Hamilton, said in Canada that his [...]

2011 Common Car Launch Not Quite Ready

Plans to revive the common car launch concept for 2011 are not yet in place, FOTA chairman Martin Whitmarsh said Monday. The Briton and McLaren boss, who was attending the launch of the Mercedes GP livery in Stuttgart, said the event to launch all the 2010 cars at the same time was called off because [...]