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The best FIA relations in years: How F1 drivers won the penalty points fight

Formula 1 drivers' push to reconsider how penalty points are awarded delivered the desired outcome this year - with FIA stewards now much more reluctant to issue them

Autosport

How the best FIA relations 'since Charlie Whiting' helped drivers win the penalty points fight

Formula 1 drivers' push to reconsider how penalty points are awarded delivered the desired outcome this year - with FIA stewards now much more reluctant to issue them

Motorsport

F1 relies on thousands of volunteers — here’s how many

New FIA data reveals the scale of the workforce behind every grand prix weekend

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F1 race director Rui Marques: "My way of working is with the drivers"

In an in-depth interview, Formula 1 race director Marques reflects on his first year in charge amid positive feedback from the drivers

Motorsport

Why F1 race director Marques has struck a chord with the drivers

In an in-depth interview, Formula 1 race director Rui Marques reflects on his first year in charge amid positive feedback from the drivers

Autosport

A day in the life of an F1 marshal, the volunteering lifeblood of motorsports

There would be no motor racing without the tens of thousands of marshals and other volunteers who make every event happen. At the recent Singapore Grand Prix, our reporter followed Formula 1's unsung heroes for a day

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A day in the life of an F1 Singapore GP marshal

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$Hamilton receives F1 Italian GP grid penalty after pre-race Dutch GP infraction$

Hamilton receives F1 Italian GP grid penalty after pre-race Dutch GP infraction

Lewis Hamilton gets slapped on the wrist for his driving on the laps to the grid at F1's Dutch Grand Prix

Autosport

$Pre-race Dutch GP infractions earn Lewis Hamilton a five-place Italy grid drop$

Pre-race Dutch GP infractions earn Lewis Hamilton a five-place Italy grid drop

Lewis Hamilton gets slapped on the wrist for his driving on the laps to the grid at F1's Dutch Grand Prix

Motorsport

How Claire Dubbelman became the first woman with an FIA race director superlicence

Claire Dubbelman's love for motorsport started at an early age, thanks to her father Huub, who spent almost two decades in automotive journalism before working as a PR manager for brands, including Mercedes-Benz Netherlands. Dubbelman was five years old when she began watching Formula 1 in the early 1990s. "From…

Autosport

Claire Dubbelman: The first woman to hold an FIA Race Director Super Licence

After steadily building her career in F1, she's now the first Dutch national, first woman, and youngest ever to obtain the FIA Race Director Super Licence

Motorsport

Exclusive: Why the FIA has closed formation lap and damaged car loopholes for F1 2025

The FIA has made a raft of changes to Formula 1’s sporting rules for the 2025 season, with two loopholes concerning formation laps and damaged cars the most notable alterations.

Autosport

FIA closes F1 loopholes ahead of 2025 season

The FIA has made a raft of changes to Formula 1’s sporting rules for the 2025 season, with two loopholes concerning formation laps and damaged cars the most notable alterations.

Motorsport

What is the role of President of the FIA and what do they do?

The FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has been under intense scrutiny in the latter parts of 2024 due to an open letter from the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association, which is the trade union for Formula 1 drivers. Within the letter the GPDA urged the FIA to treat F1 drivers like…

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Sacked F1 race steward Mayer takes aim at FIA president

Sacked F1 race steward Tim Mayer has taken aim at FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem in a series of claims.

Autosport

Fresh FIA upheaval as F2 race director and key steward dismissed

Formula 1 race director Rui Marques faces increased duties at the Qatar Grand Prix in having to take charge of F2 as well, following the latest shock FIA exit, Autosport has learned.

Autosport

F1 drivers impressed by swift action from new FIA race director

George Russell and Carlos Sainz have said they were impressed by FIA’s new Formula 1 race director Rui Marques after he swiftly implemented the changes they suggested in the drivers' briefing.

Autosport

Wolff: It's critical teams and drivers don't fight FIA in public

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes Formula 1 teams and drivers must sort out differences with the FIA behind closed doors and not "fight" in public as tensions continue to grow.

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F1 drivers “surprised” by “weird” departure of race director Wittich

World champion Max Verstappen thinks it is “weird” that the FIA elected to axe Formula 1 race director Niels Wittich before the end of the season.

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F1 drivers “surprised” by “weird” departure of FIA race director Wittich

World champion Max Verstappen thinks it is “weird” that the FIA elected to axe Formula 1 race director Niels Wittich before the end of the season.

Autosport

Ben Hunt: The gamble F1 cannot afford to lose at the Las Vegas GP

The talk ahead of this weekend’s Las Vegas Grand Prix will be about Max Verstappen being set to win his fourth consecutive Formula 1 world championship.

Autosport

The questions the FIA must address after Wittich's surprise F1 departure

The sudden departure of Formula 1's race director Niels Wittich has caught the entire paddock by surprise and is leaving the beleaguered governing body with more questions than answers, some more uncomfortable than others.

The Guardian - UK

FIA surprised by unexpected departure of F1 race director before end of 2024 season

Niels Wittich’s unexpected decision to step down is the latest in a line of senior FIA officials to leave in recent months

The Independent UK

F1 race director claims he was ‘fired’ – just hours after FIA state he ‘stepped down’

Niels Wittich had been the only sole race director since Michael Masi’s infamous exit after the 2021 season

Autosport

F1 race director Wittich steps down with immediate effect

The FIA has announced Formula 1 race director Niels Wittich has left his role with immediate effect.

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