Related StoriesMcLaren racing director Eric Boullier says resolving Formula 1's cost crisis will be tough because fixing one area can have knock-on effects, as teams begin a crunch meeting.Debate over unsustainable spending in F1 has raged throughout 2014, and the sport's bosses have called teams to the meeting on Thursday...

As I’ve written before, it was introduced to Formula 1 in the late 1970s by my father. Mario Andretti had won the title in 1978, and once scale model kits of the Lotus 79-DFV arrived on the shelf at our local toy store, he brought one home as a lovely...

Related StoriesFormula 1's cost crisis could come to a head at the December meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council, with the way open for the governing body to take a stand.Calls for help from Force India, Sauber and Lotus to bring down costs or raise income have fallen...

Sauber team principal Monisha Kaltenborn (pictured at left, ABOVE) has demanded the FIA do whatever it takes to address Formula 1's cost crisis, or risk the sport destroying itself.In the wake of Caterham and Marussia's absence from the grid, Kaltenborn is in no doubt about the seriousness of the situation...