The FIA believes mistakes were made with the rules governing engine deals in Formula 1 when new regulations were introduced for 2014.Since the new 1.6-liter V6 engines were introduced at the start of last season, it is understood a customer supply costs in the region of $21 million. Ferrari vetoed...

Related StoriesFormula 1 itself was the biggest winner from the thrilling Bahrain Grand Prix, team principals suggested.After a week of negative headlines surrounding the sport – and criticism from Luca di Montezemolo and Bernie Ecclestone about the 2014 spectacle – F1 produced one of its best races for years on...

Formula 1's 2014 regulation changes risk squeezing smaller teams out of the sport because of the lack of any viable cost control, according to Force India team principal Vijay Mallya.While next year's sporting rules have been left in limbo by the lack of a Concorde Agreement, the technical regulations have...

Marussia finally revealed its new Formula 1 car at Jerez on Thursday.The debut of the Ferrari-powered car had been delayed because of a last-minute technical glitch that was discovered before the car was dispatched from its Banbury, UK factory. But after curing the issue, Marussia was able to transport its...

Formula 1 teams have a 'massive opportunity' to get their 2014 car designs wrong, reckons Ferrari engineering director Pat Fry.There are just three weeks left before the first pre-season test starts in Jerez, ahead of the biggest regulation change in recent F1 history. Although much of the focus has revolved...

Outgoing Mercedes boss Ross Brawn believes the squad is well placed to make a strong start with Formula 1's new regulations in 2014.Mercedes finished second in the 2013 constructors' championship, its best performance since returning as a constructor, and Brawn thinks Mercedes is making good progress for next season."If I...

Wind tunnel and CFD work are heavily restricted in the 2014 Formula 1 sporting regulations, which were published this week. The rules go even further than the limits brought in by the resource restriction agreement, with aerodynamic testing now reduced to nearly a third of what was allowed in the...

Formula 1 teams have overwhelmingly rejected the proposal to make a minimum of two pit stops mandatory rule for 2014.Yesterday's meeting of the F1 strategy group and F1 commission led to a raft of rule changes being revealed by the FIA, including double points being awarded for the season finale,...

Esteban Gutierrez believes Formula 1 must make sure it helps rookies properly next year, as he reckons the new 2014 regulations will make it even more challenging.With restricted testing opportunities, Gutierrez faced a difficult task early in his 2013 rookie season with Sauber, and only started to show his potential...

Felipe Massa fears that Formula 1's new 2014 regulations could make for far less interesting races if outright performance is superseded by efficiency.The Brazilian's comments come after Ferrari's director of engineering warned that fuel saving could determine the outcome of grands prix next season. While Massa added that the potential...