Despite the great distance between Australia and the U.S., we share a lot in common, including the Aussies' affection for things that go fast.Posted last year and titled "Full Throttle Friday: IHRA Drag Racing," this video is 13 minutes worth of fast passes in cars ranging from familiar-looking Funny Cars...

Sauber team boss Monisha Kaltenborn says allowing the use of one-year old engines in Formula 1 carries the risk of "distorting" the competition between teams.Manor was allowed to use 2014-spec Ferrari units this season after exploiting a loophole that required only concessionary permission to do so. This rule was tightened,...

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Related StoriesThe idea of a budget cap has failed several times before, but Formula 1 just cannot let it go.Almost six years to the day that the FIA issued a statement explaining why a voluntary budget cap was the only way forward for F1, the topic is back in the...

Formula 1 teams should be given almost total rules freedom to design their car in exchange for signing up to a budget cap, reckons former FIA president Max Mosley.Ahead of a meeting of F1's Strategy Group on May, F1 chiefs are trying to find ways to keep both big money...

Force India deputy team principal Bob Fernley believes Formula 1 should consider letting smaller teams race with revised V8 engines alongside the current V6 power units.F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone reignited the debate about F1's engine formula when he said F1 should return to its previous V8 engines with KERS to...

Formula 1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone has renewed calls for a return to V8 engines, claiming it is "urgently" needed and that they could be boosted to 1000 horsepower.Ecclestone has long been skeptical about the benefits of the new hybrid V6 turbo regulations, and has often spoken out against the...

Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff says his team's rivals risk damaging Formula 1 if they push ahead with the threat of an all-out engine war.Amid mounting frustrations at Mercedes' reluctance to accept a relaxing of F1's engine freeze rules for next year, teams with rival engine suppliers are considering a...

Related StoriesFormula 1 should embrace its new sound rather than artificially change to appease disgruntled fans, according to Force India deputy team principal Bob Fernley.F1 has faced criticism for the quieter sound produced by the new 1.6-liter turbo engines this season, compared to the normally aspirated V8s used until the...

Formula 1 teams head into this week's first pre-season test at Jerez facing a very different set of challenges to recent years. Teams have become accustomed to very limited running during the winter, as thanks to well-proven frozen engines and, in recent years, relatively stable rules, it has been possible...