this lawsuit seeks recognition that FIA breached its own regulations and that Felipe should have been considered the 2008 F1 Champion,” Viana said. The FIA and FOM declined to comment on the ...

This isn’t the first attempt to introduce cost control to F1. Max Mosley, the FIA president from 1993 to 2009, campaigned to get team budgets under control towards the end of his tenure.

Drivers from all classes of FIA-regulated competitions, including Formula One, have expressed their general irritation at the tightening of the FIA’s sporting regulations covering ...