Formula One to feature 13 teams in 2010 season, including all 10 current entrants

October 1st, 2009 Ferrari ouster leaves Kimi unsure of staying in F1 SUZUKA, Japan — Kimi Raikkonen is unsure if he will continue in Formula One after being ousted as a Ferrari driver, saying Thursday that it would require an offer from a top team to keep him in the sport. Raikkonen will leave Ferrari at the end of the current season after agreeing to a buyout of the remaining year on his contract, making way for the arrival of Fernando Alonso in 2010 — a move that was confirmed Thursday.

July 24th, 2009 F1 peace near as new Concorde Agreement in sightBUDAPEST, Hungary — A new Concorde Agreement, the document that governs Formula One, could be signed by next week, which could stabilize F1's fragile peace. F1's governing body said Friday that its World Motor Sports Council had received the new document.

July 9th, 2009 LONDON - The prospect of a breakaway Formula One world championship was dramatically revived on Wednesday when the technical directors of the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) walked out of a meeting with FIA representatives saying the sport's future was "in jeopardy". Wednesday's meeting with FIA president Max Mosley was convened to agree to the final points of detail, but ended in acrimony after FOTA concluded that the FIA was again attempting to move goalposts at the last moment.

July 9th, 2009 Nuerburg,GERMANY - Motorsport's ruling body, the FIA, responded angrily Thursday to a decision by the eight members of the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) to walk out of a meeting to discuss next year's rules for Formula One. The meeting Wednesday of the Technical Working Group at the Nuerburgring, where the German Grand Prix takes place this weekend, was supposed to address FOTA's proposed changes to F1 rules for next year.

July 8th, 2009 F1 Teams Association walks out of FIA meetingLONDON — The Formula One Teams Association has walked out of a meeting with the sport's governing body to discuss cost-cutting measures. The FIA was to meet Wednesday with the 13 teams that have entered the 2010 F1 championship to discuss measures agreed to last month that kept FOTA from forming a breakaway series.

June 24th, 2009 FIA panel meet amid threat of F1 breakaway seriesPARIS — Motor sport's ruling body opened what could be an acrimonious meeting at its Paris headquarters on Wednesday, nearly a week after Formula One teams announced plans to set up a rival series. The dispute between the Formula One Teams Association — representing eight of the current 10 F1 teams — and the FIA centers on the teams' objection to the ruling body's planned introduction of a budget cap for the 2010 season.

June 19th, 2009 F1 faces uncertainty as 8 teams plan rival seriesSILVERSTONE, England — Formula One's future was in turmoil Friday after Ferrari, McLaren and six other teams announced plans for a rival series following the collapse of heated negotiations with the sport's organizers over a budget cap for next season. The FIA, the sport's governing body, responded by accusing the Formula One Teams Association of trying to dictate the rules of motorsport and intentionally triggering the biggest crisis to engulf F1 since the championship began in 1950.

June 19th, 2009 F1 in turmoil as 8 teams announce breakaway seriesSILVERSTONE, England — Eight Formula One teams began preparations for a rival series after failing to resolve their dispute with motor sport's governing body over financial constraints on Friday. Ferrari, which has participated since the first season in 1950, and current leader Brawn GP headed the list of Formula One Teams' Association members to announce the split ahead of Sunday's British Grand Prix.

June 19th, 2009 LONDON - The Formula One drivers' championship is in crisis after eight of its 10 teams confirmed they are to form a breakaway series. The decision will cause the greatest upheaval in the sport's 60-year history.

June 19th, 2009 HAMBURG - The ruling motorsport body FIA Friday expressed its disappointment about the decision of eight teams to form a new series, and said it would announce its own lineup Saturday. The team's umbrella organisation FOTA had early Friday split from the FIA in the wake of a budget cap row.

June 19th, 2009 Silverstone,BRITAIN - Spanish driver Fernando Alonso is very worried about the current state of Formula 1: he thinks it is boring, as well as showing poor quality racing, and he is not even fighting for the championship. "It's the worst Formula 1 we have in many years, in history, because of the politics and all the fights," Alonso complained Thursday in an interview with the German Press Agency DPA and two other media in Silverstone ahead of Sunday's British Grand Prix.

June 17th, 2009 F1 teams bid to resolve financial rift with FIASILVERSTONE, England — The Formula One Teams Association has made a late attempt to resolve its feud with the sport's governing body over rule changes before Friday's deadline to unconditionally enter next season's championship. All 10 current entrants were announced in the 2010 lineup by the FIA last week, despite an ongoing rift between them and FOTA.

June 16th, 2009 FIA: Financial arms race in F1 without budget capLONDON — Formula One's governing body is sticking to its plans for a budget cap to avoid a "financial arms race," despite threats from key teams to pull out of the sport if the plan is implemented. Ferrari and other teams say they will withdraw from competition unless plans for a voluntary $60 million budget cap are scrapped.

June 7th, 2009 Drivers meet with F1 teams over regulationsISTANBUL — Formula One drivers held talks with the Formula One Teams Association on Sunday amid rising tension and uncertainty over the regulations for 2010. Only Williams' Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima and Force India's Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil were absent from the meeting before the start of the Turkish Grand Prix won by Jenson Button.

May 29th, 2009 F1 teams look set to meet entry deadline for 2010GENEVA — A standoff between Formula One teams and the sport's governing body over a budget cap appears close to being settled Friday with teams preparing to meet an entry deadline for the 2010 season. The Formula One Teams Association was expected to deliver application forms on behalf of nine teams — Brawn, BMW Sauber, Ferrari, Force India, McLaren, Red Bull, Renault, Toro Rosso and Toyota — at the Geneva office of governing body FIA.