American Le Mans Series Weekend Notebook – The Auto Chanel
Braselton, June 27, 2009: Le Mans and Lime Rock Park, site of the American Le Mans Series second half, really are worlds apart. For starters, the two circuits are more than 3,600 miles apart. Plus Le Mans is more than eight miles long compared to

Weighing up the rivals in F1 row – BBC
The announcement by eight of Formula 1’s 10 teams that they are to press ahead with plans to set up a breakaway championship next year means the sport is set for a summer of intense political battles. Despite the threat by the teams’ umbrella group

We’ll have stability at least till 2012′ – Daily News and Analysis
We are united in the interests of the sport and I think it was a very positive and constructive agreement. Mainly for the spectators, because the spectators were pissed off with the continued changing of the rules. I have to say that after a month of

F1 teams drop breakaway bombshell – BBC Sport
Formula 1 has been thrown into chaos after eight of its major teams said they are now planning to set up a rival championship for the 2010 season. The threat by members of the F1 Teams Association (Fota) intensifies their row with world motorsport

Motorsport: F1 pact shaky – New Zealand Herald
The threat of a breakaway series in Formula One is still very much alive, says FIA president Max Mosley with the peace deal, struck just three days ago, threatening to unravel. The wheels started to come off when Mosley threatened to change tack and

FOTA director delighted with outcome – espnstar.com
Luca di Montezemolo is revelling in the toppling of a man he has described as a “dictator” in FIA president Max Mosley. The Ferrari president and Formula One Teams’ Association chairman made it abundantly clear, in light of a peace pact being

Your views – Teletext
I think Max Mosley should stand down as president of the FIA immediately as he has made Formula One a laughing stock. I also think all teams should try to take their cars back to what they were like in the 1980s so we can see more overtaking and not

Max Mosley: F1 teams are loonies – Times Online
Max Mosley, boss of the FIA, motor sport s governing body, branded the Formula One teams loonies after eight of them refused to enter next year s F1 championship and instead announced their own series. Although Mosley responded by

Not The F1 News: Mosley Special – Planet F1
Max Mosley has threatened to scupper this week’s deal with FOTA if an apology is not forthcoming. Apparently one of the little known statutes of the FIA was adopted from primary school playground lore. Thus if Max says something while he has his

Schumacher frustrated by F1 politics – Autosport.com
Former world champion Michael Schumacher says he has grown tired of the political wrangling that is overshadowing Formula 1 – but believes a breakaway championship is becoming a realistic proposition. Schumacher hopes that the current controversy

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