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31,436 2,810 January 7, 2015 at 02:30 PM
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Formula One racing's governing body, the FIA, has revealed details of a new Super Licence points system, making it harder for drivers to become eligible for F1 competition.

From 2016, drivers must have accumulated 40 points over a three-year period, with points allocation based on which other motorsport series they have participated in and the level of results they achieved.

Drivers will have also have to be at least 18-years old, have spent at least two years in junior single-seater categories, hold a valid road driver's licence and pass a test on the Formula One sporting regulations. The existing requirement of completing 300 kilometres in a recent F1 car also remains.

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If such a system had been in place ahead of 2015, new Toro Rosso signing Max Verstappen would be ineligible to race in F1 this year, having accrued just 20 points by finishing third in the 2014 FIA F3 European championship - the 17-year-old's only season of car racing to date.


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Last Edited by R1Budha February 13, 2015 at 09:27 AM
Formula 1 schedule for 2015


Sun, Mar 15 - 2:00 AM ET Australian Grand Prix - Albert Park


Sun, Mar 29 - 4:00 AM ET Grand Prix of Malaysia - Sepang International Circuit


Sun, Apr 12 - 3:00 AM ET Grand Prix of China - Shanghai International Circuit


Sun, Apr 19 - 8:00 AM ET Grand Prix of Bahrain - Bahrain International Circuit


Sun, May 10 - 8:00 AM ET Grand Prix Of Spain - Circuit De Catalunya


Sun, May 24 - 8:00 AM ET Grand Prix Of Monaco - Circuit De Monaco


Sun, Jun 7 - 2:00 PM ET Grand Prix Of Canada - Gilles Villeneuve Circuit


Sun, Jun 21 - 8:00 AM ET Austrian Grand Prix - Spielberg


Sun, Jul 5 - 8:00 AM ET British Grand Prix - Silverstone Circuit


Sun, Jul 19 - 8:00 AM ET German Grand Prix - Hockenheimring


Sun, Jul 26 - 8:00 AM ET Hungarian Grand Prix - Hungaroring


Sun, Aug 23 - 8:00 AM ET Belgian Grand Prix - Circuit Of Spa Francorchamps


Sun, Sep 6 - 8:00 AM ET Italian Grand Prix - Autodromo Nazionale Di Monza


Sun, Sep 20 - 8:00 AM ET Singapore Grand Prix -Singapore Street Circuit


Sun, Sep 27 - 2:00 AM ET Japanese Grand Prix - Suzuka International Racing Course


Sun, Oct 11 - 7:00 AM ET Russian Grand Prix - Sochi International Street Circuit


Sun, Oct 25 - 4:00 PM ET United States Grand Prix - Circuit Of Americas


Sun, Nov 15 - 11:00 AM ET Grand Prix Of Brazil - Autodromo Carlos Pace


Sun, Nov 29 - 8:00 AM ET Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Yas Marina Circuit



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01-07-2015 at 04:08 PM.
01-07-2015 at 04:08 PM.
If I asked for news, I would have watched the news! Argue
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01-07-2015 at 08:01 PM.
01-07-2015 at 08:01 PM.
You just can't get good trolls these days, shame that.
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01-17-2015 at 10:35 AM.
01-17-2015 at 10:35 AM.
Honda wins Formula 1 engine battle with FIA

Formula 1's governing body the FIA has backtracked on an earlier ruling [bbc.co.uk] that allowed Mercedes, Renault and Ferrari to upgrade their engines but not Honda.



The move comes after Honda expressed its unhappiness [bbc.co.uk] about what it considered to be an unfair situation.



Honda will now be allowed to develop its brand new engine within limits explicitly laid out by the FIA.


Full story:

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/30860212
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01-17-2015 at 10:39 AM.
01-17-2015 at 10:39 AM.
DH just shared this video with me, it's from Nov. 2014, link for video is below. Cool

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02cr6dk

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Newly-crowned Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton surprises nine-year-old karting champion Harley Haughton in the 5 live studio.



On the same day that Hamilton secured the 2014 Formula 1 championship Haughton won the Manchester and Buxton Kart Club Honda Cadet Championship at the Three Sisters circuit near Wigan.
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01-18-2015 at 07:07 AM.
01-18-2015 at 07:07 AM.
Oh, ZM, you and LH heartheartheartCupidCupidCloud9Cupidhit
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01-18-2015 at 07:56 AM.
01-18-2015 at 07:56 AM.
Quote from Zoe Moon :
From 2016, drivers must have accumulated 40 points over a three-year period, with points allocation based on which other motorsport series
racing isn't a sport.
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01-18-2015 at 08:47 AM.
01-18-2015 at 08:47 AM.
Quote from mrlaugh :
Oh, ZM, you and LH heartheartheartCupidCupidCloud9Cupidhit
laugh out loud I thought it was cute, the way the kid reacted to LH, you could tell he was a bit awestruck. Kind of neat too that the kid captured the Kart title a year younger than LH did.
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01-18-2015 at 12:45 PM.
01-18-2015 at 12:45 PM.
Interesting article, didn't realize there were so many father/son F1 drivers.

Like father, like son - the second-generation F1 racers 16



http://www.formula1.com/news/feat...16762.html
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01-20-2015 at 02:43 PM.
01-20-2015 at 02:43 PM.
Formula 1's Australian season-opener is one of five grands prix that will start an hour earlier in 2015 following recommendations made after Jules Bianchi's crash in Japan last October.

A subsequent report [bbc.co.uk] advised races should not start within four hours of dusk or sunset to avoid similar light.



The races in Malaysia, China, Japan and Russia have also been brought forward.



The 2015 race in Suzuka will now start at 14:00 local time (05:00 GMT).


The accident panel - set up by governing body the FIA - said there would be no changes to the times of the night races.


http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/30896269
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01-20-2015 at 07:31 PM.
01-20-2015 at 07:31 PM.
Facepalm when you start messing around with safety, people die, because racing cars is still dangerous...

What about Abu Dhabi, when it is day into night on purpose?
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Iaaaiws
01-20-2015 at 07:36 PM.
01-20-2015 at 07:36 PM.
Quote from mrlaugh :
Facepalm when you start messing around with safety, people die, because racing cars is still dangerous...

What about Abu Dhabi, when it is day into night on purpose?
How about they just don't put huge pieces of construction equipment right next to the track without making sure the cars have slowed down first? Facepalm
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01-22-2015 at 10:02 AM.
01-22-2015 at 10:02 AM.
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How about they just don't put huge pieces of construction equipment right next to the track without making sure the cars have slowed down first? Facepalm
because it would be impossible to have an automatic speed limiter for yellow flag areas.... oh wait they already do that for pit lane.
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01-22-2015 at 10:04 AM.
01-22-2015 at 10:04 AM.
BTW, for anyone who is truly a fan of Formula 1 and wants to be able to see the insides and outside and stories from eah race in a year, i cannot recommend the Autocourse [amazon.com] annuals enough.
They contain more information about each team, driver, race and the yearly "happening" than any other annual i've ever seen.
I've been purchasing them since 1990 and have never been disappointed.
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