Sebastian Vettel has avoided any additional punishment from the FIA after accepting "full responsibility" for colliding with Lewis Hamilton in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.Having run into the back of race leader Hamilton ahead of a Safety Car restart – believing the Mercedes driver had brake tested him – Vettel pulled...

The use of 2017's faster-than-ever World Rally Cars will be restricted to drivers the FIA feels are competent enough to compete in them.There has been concern in the service park about the increased speed from the new cars, prompting calls from the current top-line drivers to restrict access. Some drivers...

Michael Schumacher's Formula 1 comeback in 2010 could still have happened under the new stricter superlicense criteria, the FIA has revealed.One of the criticisms of the new superlicense system was that the tight conditions that have been laid down mean some drivers who appear more than qualified to race in...

The FIA says it is open to tweaking the new Formula 1 superlicense system in the future if it feels that the weighting of junior championships needs adjusting.As part of a push to tighten up the qualifications needed for a mandatory F1 license, the FIA has introduced a minimum age...

Formula E CEO Alejandro Agag agrees with the FIA's decision to omit the series from the list of categories that can qualify a driver for a Formula 1 superlicense.The new all-electric championship was not included on the governing body's list of open-wheel series where drivers can earn points towards a...

Formula 1's superlicense rules will be dramatically tightened up from 2016 - with drivers needing to be older than 18 and have at least two-years' experience in open-wheel racecars to qualify.The stricter criteria, which will come into effect from 2016, were agreed during a meeting of the FIA's World Motor...

Former world champion Jacques Villeneuve believes the Superlicense system is flawed when a 17-year-old such as Max Verstappen can race in Formula 1.Toro Rosso will give Verstappen, currently 16, his grand prix debut in 2015 after just one year of car racing in European Formula 3. The Dutch driver, who...

Sergey Sirotkin has been appointed Sauber's test driver for the 2014 Formula 1 season.Sauber announced in July that it planned to prepare the 18-year-old for a race seat, subject to him gaining a Superlicense. But even though there would be time for Sirotkin to complete the required mileage during pre-season...

The planned Formula 1 Superlicense penalty points system, which could lead to drivers getting bans, has been incorporated into the sporting regulations for the 2014 season.Article 4.2 of the newly-released sporting regulations confirms that any driver who earns 12 penalty points during a 12-month period will be given a one-race...

Sauber says it will not leave it too late to decide whether its protege Sergey Sirotkin should be given a 2014 Formula 1 race seat.The team's new Russian partners want Sirotkin to be on the grid as soon as he is ready, and Sauber is carrying out a development program...