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The FIA Institute and Toyota have combined technology and expertise to help improve safety in high speed racecar accidents.
Toyota has been using a computer simulation system, called Total Human Model Safety (THUMS), to help it design safer production vehicles for several years. THUMS is a virtual representation of the human body that can provide […]

Drivers: Rubens Barrichello (Honda), Pedro de la Rosa (McLaren), Fernando Alonso (Renault), Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari).
Q: Pedro, how much has your role changed this year? Are you still doing pretty much what you have always been doing?Pedro de la Rosa: My role is pretty much unchanged. Obviously, we are very limited on mileage during the testing […]

A number of leading figures in Formula One have give their support to the FIA`s anti-racism initiative, EveryRace, launched today:
Kimi Raikkonen: Since I started in motor racing I`ve worked with people from all over the world. We are all here to go racing and prejudice will never play any part in that.
Lewis Hamilton: I believe […]

Announcing its anti-racism campaign, `Everyrace`, the FIA has this morning issued the following:
"Following incidents which occurred during Formula One testing at the Circuit de Catalunya on February 1st and 2nd 2008, the Real Federacion Espanola de Automovilismo (RFEA) presented a comprehensive report to the FIA.
The report included a detailed chronology of events in which the […]

The FIA on Thursday launched the “Everyrace” campaign to send the message “that discrimination and prejudice can have no place in sport or in society”.
The campaign was created in the wake of the outrage caused when Lewis Hamilton was taunted with racist abuse during testing at Barcelona earlier this year.
The governing body has encouraged motorsport […]

Formula One racing’s governing body, the FIA, has launched an official campaign against discrimination and prejudice in the sport. It follows the racist behaviour displayed towards Lewis Hamilton by a small number of spectators at a test session in Spain earlier this year.
The FIA said it agreed with the conclusion of Spanish motoring authority, the […]

F1`s governing body intends to push ahead with the launch of its anti-racism campaign at Barcelona this weekend, British newspapers insist.Despite some uncertainty as to whether the Max Mosley sex scandal might delay the launch, newspapers including the Telegraph, Daily Mail and Independent report that the FIA plans to kick-start `Race Against Racism` today at […]

Motor racing`s governing body will need someone as strong and experienced as Max Mosley as its president if it decides he needs replacing at its meeting in June.
That is the view of Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo, who believes that the FIA must find a replacement who is as competent as Mosley.
Speaking in an interview […]

Local heroes Fernando Alonso and Pedro de la Rosa are among the drivers facing the media on Thursday, while Friday’s press call will see technical figures, including Ferrari’s Aldo Costa, take to the stage. The line-up in full:
Thursday April 24, 1500 hours local time (1300 GMT):Fernando Alonso (Renault), Rubens Barrichello (Honda), Pedro de la Rosa […]

FIA president Max Mosley remains confident that he will gather the necessary support to remain in office when the sport`s governing body meets in June to decide his future.
Speaking publicly for the first time since the scandal surrounding his private life broke three weeks ago, Mosley believes he has the backing of the majority of […]

The FIA is pushing ahead with plans for kinetic energy recovery systems in Formula One and has laid out a proposed timetable for the evolution of the environmentally-friendly technology over the next five years, autosport.com has learned.In a letter to the teams, obtained by autosport.com, FIA president Max Mosley has proposed a stepped development of […]

The FIA are pushing ahead with plans for kinetic energy recovery systems in Formula One and have laid out a proposed timetable for the evolution of the environmentally-friendly technology over the next five years, autosport.com has learned. In a letter to the teams, obtained by autosport.com, FIA president Max Mosley has proposed a stepped development […]

We all know that Max Mosley`s future as president of the FIA depends on a vote at the federation`s Extraordinary General Assembly on 3 June. It is also well known that the FIA has 222 members and, according to he FIA`s press release of 3 April, "the full membership of the FIA will be invited […]

Max Mosley intends to donate any damages from his legal pursuit of the British newspaper News of the World to the FIA Foundation, his lawyers revealed on Wednesday.Despite losing an injunction to suppress a short video edit of the FIA president`s recent orgy with prostitutes, his law firm Steeles Law presented to the London High […]

The FIA will hold a vote of confidence in president Max Mosley after the Senate accepted his request for an Extraordinary General Assembly meeting, to be held on June 3.Mosley asked the president of the FIA Senate for the meeting to discuss the fallout from the tabloid revelations into his private life.The EGA, will be […]

FIA president Max Mosley intends to donate any damages won through legal proceedings initiated against the News of the World newspaper over allegations made about his private life, to the FIA foundation, which promotes road safety, safety in motorsport and the environment.
Mosley, 67, has asserted through a statement from his solicitors, Steeles Law, that he […]

The Extraordinary General Assembly of the FIA requested by President Max Mosley will take place on June 3. At it, Mosley, who asked for the meeting following the publication of allegations concerning his private life in the British press, will face a vote of confidence.
“The FIA can confirm that the members of the Senate have […]

The FIA has this afternoon issued the following:
"The FIA can confirm that the members of the Senate have unanimously approved the proposal of the President of the FIA, that further to the recent press coverage relating to his private life, an Extraordinary General Assembly should be convened. The meeting will be held on June 3, […]

1st Felipe Massa (Ferrari), 1h31m06.970s; 2nd Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari), 1h31m10.309s; 3rd Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber), 1h31m11.968s
Q: Your second win in a row here starting second this time. Talk us through your race.Felipe Massa: It didn’t change anything starting second because we had a good a start. I think Robert didn’t have a good start […]

Members of the FIA Senate are to be sent full copies of the videotape at the centre of the Max Mosley controversy so they can judge his activities for themselves.
Amid increasing pressure Mosley to resign his FIA presidency over the revelations about his private life, the News of the World newspaper made further claims in […]

The head of the Spanish motor racing federation has come out fighting against embattled FIA President Max Mosley`s plan to launch an anti-racism campaign at the country`s Grand Prix later this month. Carlos Gracia, also a member of the World Council, insisted to members of the Spanish press on Saturday that “there will be […]

Drivers: 1st Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber), 1m33.096s; 2nd Felipe Massa (Ferrari), 1m33.123s; 3rd Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), 1m33.292s.
Q: Congratulations, a fantastic day for you and quick too in Q2, third fastest without fuel on board, so a great day for you. Robert Kubica: Yeah, I think after yesterday’s good work in free practice two we have […]

Any driver deemed to be driving unnecessarily slowly during their out- or in-laps during qualifying, or during the reconnaissance laps for which the pit lane is open prior to the race, or in a manner which might endanger other drivers, will be reported to the stewards, the FIA have announced.
As far as Bahrain is concerned, […]

Drivers: Nico Rosberg (Williams), Jarno Trulli (Toyota), Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber), Lewis Hamilton (McLaren).
Q: Nico, this is a circuit of which you have got some pretty good memories…Nico Rosberg: Yes, really good. I have had some great races here dating back to 2004 if I am not mistaken when Lewis and I were actually standing […]

A week after revealing that there might be changes to the qualifying rules - though admittedly they`ve had other things on their minds in the meantime - the FIA has confirmed that the third phase is to be amended in order to avoid a repeat of the incident in Malaysia in which McLaren drivers Lewis […]