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Briatore set to appeal ban

Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009

Flavio Briatore will claim the life ban handed to him was due to "personal revenge" on the part of former FIA president Max Mosley.

Ferrari takes softer tack with Todt

Formula 1 Blog (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009

Here’s a curious development for everyone to ponder. After releasing the best F1 press release in recent memory that charged the FIA, and Max Mosley, with systematically destroying F1 team-by-team, Ferrari today has posted on its website what I assume is an excerpt from its fan magazine. And... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

FIA Reject Allegations, Condemn Leaks

Sidepodcast (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009

Earlier today, the Guardian newspaper ran a story claiming Flavio Briatore accused Max Mosley of being "blinded by desire for revenge". The information appears to have come from leaked documents, and predictably the FIA aren't happy about it.

• FIA blasts leaked Briatore documents - Crash.Net
• FIA criticises Briatore's data leaking - autosport.com

Briatore: Max was ‘blinded by desire for revenge’

Formula 1 Blog (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009

It’s time to forget about all those empty 2010 seats and buckle up for the real off-season show: Briatore vs. Mosley. The Guardian newspaper has managed to see some of the court documents from Flavio Briatore’s case against the FIA. In them, he alleges that Max Mosley was “clearly... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Flavio Briatore claims lifetime ban was Max Mosley 'getting his revenge'

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009

Flavio Briatore will claim Max Mosley was "blinded by a desire for revenge" when his appeal against a lifetime ban is heard in Paris later this month

• Flavio Briatore appeals against his Crashgate life ban and seeks damages - The First Post

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QPR REPORT (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009

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Flavio Briatore to demand €1m payout from FIA

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009

• World Council 'blinded by desire for revenge' alleges Briatore • Pat Symonds to join Italian's appeal to overturn lifetime ban Flavio Briatore, the former Renault principal banished from Formula One for his part in the Crashgate scandal, will allege that the World Motor Sport Council of the FIA, chaired by Max Mosley, was "clearly blinded by an excessive desire for personal revenge"...

Max Mosley takes privacy fight to European court in Strasbourg

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009

Max Mosley, the former president of Formula One's governing body FIA, is to challenge the law of privacy in the European court of human rights in Strasbourg. Mosley, whose private sexual practices became news in July last year, says the £60,000 damages he received from the News of the World is not an adequate remedy. He wants editors obliged to contact the subject of their revelations before...

Is the FIA to blame for teams leaving?

F1 Fanatic (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

As the F1 world waits to learn whether Renault will join Toyota in quitting the sport, the finger-pointing for the manufacturers’ exodus has already begun. The FIA reacted to Toyota’s decision by claiming it could have been avoided if Max Mosley’s budget cap had been introduced. Meanwhile Ferrari blamed “those who managed Formula 1 over the past [...]

F1’s winds of change

Sporting reflections (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Reflecting back on the last 12 months in the world of Formula 1 , two apparently contradictory aphorisms spring to mind. Firstly, that change is usually for the better, and secondly, that you can have too much of a good thing. Change has certainly been the prevalent theme in F1 over the past year. On the plus side, we have had the Brawn team’s fairy-tale march to the constructors’ title...

Ferrari liken F1 exodus to Agatha Christie mystery

The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Ferrari have compared the disappearance of leading manufacturers from Formula One to an Agatha Christie murder mystery, with the finger of guilt pointed at former FIA president Max Mosley.

Ferrari liken F1 exodus to Agatha Christie mystery

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

LONDON (Reuters) - Ferrari have compared the disappearance of leading manufacturers from Formula One to an Agatha Christie murder mystery, with the finger of guilt pointed at former FIA president Max Mosley.

Ferrari criticises Mosley, doubts F1 newcomers

Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Ferrari has launched a stinging attack in which it accuses former FIA President Max Mosley of having all-but forced Toyota out of F1 - and questions the calibre of the 2010 newcomers.

Time to follow Toyota's lead and give F1 the swerve | Steve Bierley

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

The world's car makers should invest in making environmentally friendly vehicles rather than this poor excuse for a sport Is there no end to the excitement? Not since I lost my Maserati in a small Lincolnshire town – and my, didn't the heads turn that day – has the Formula One season been so wonderfully fascinating. One story after another and even now, with the title decided and the last...

Ferrari blame Max Mosley for departure of Toyota

Times Online (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Ferrari launched a new attack on the FIA last night, blaming Max Mosley, its former president, for Toyota’s decision to follow Honda, BMW and Bridgestone in quitting the sport.