Race Schedule and U.S. TV Listings for the 2008 Formula 1 Finale in Brazil
Complete event schedule, U.S. television schedule, live timing URL
and the weather forecasts for a possibly wet weekend in São Paulo,
which will decide the championship between points leader Lewis
Hamilton and Felipe Massa. Hamilton holds a seven-point advantage
going in, and thus needs only the four points for a fifth-place
finish to take the title, no matter where Massa finishes.

Max's Game
In the latest match in a long-running series, FIA president Max Mosley and
the Formula 1 teams are once again approaching future rules for the sport
from different perspectives. As usual, the teams are grossly over-matched.

Midnight in Babylon
Formula 1 is in the eighth year of its second ‘war’ over money, power
and the direction of the sport. Among the four factions - FIA president
Max Mosley, Bernie Ecclestone and his varying partners in the commercial
rights, the manufacturers and the independent teams - alliances and the
balance of power have shifted, but the war has continued unabated, with
no end in sight. While Mosley bears most of the responsibility, all have
had a hand in the systematic reduction of the sport to a parody of what
once it was. RaceFax editor Forrest Bond examines how we got here, where
we are, where we’re going next year and in 2011, and why there is now no
way back for the sport.

A License to Steal
F1 drivers are incensed by the massive increase in the fees
they've had to pay the FIA for their 2008 super licenses. Now
it is the teams' turn.

Abandoned Even By Bernie, Max Stands His Ground
On Thursday, the Russians, the British and the South Africans joined
the growing list of clubs which have asked Mosley to resign. Mosley
ignored them, and rejected an offer from 24 motoring clubs of a
face-saving compromise which would have left him in office until
November. Bernie Ecclestone then called for Mosley's resignation
under the same compromise, amid rumors the F1 sponsors would add
their collective voice the day before the General Assembly will vote
on Mosley's competence. Despite all that, there was no indication
Mosley was listening to any voice other than his own.

When Worlds Collide
As the potentially decisive Extraordinary General Assembly loomed on
the horizon, opposing forces prepared for their final confrontation. In
one corner stood Max Mosley, brandishing a four-page, 'I am irreplaceable'
defense, and mounting a PR and legal campaign to move the focus from
his crippled presidency to violation of his right to privacy. Against
that, calls for his resignation came from the Japanese federation and a
delegation from the World Mobility Council. Further undermining Mosley's
attempts to manipulate public opinion and the FIA membership, Bernie
Ecclestone made public a letter to FIA members that systematically put
the lie to Mosley's elaborate defense. In turn, that led 24 motoring
clubs, representing more than 85 percent of the motorists under the FIA
umbrella, to demand Mosley's resignation. That may have been the straw.

FIA Touring Clubs Call for Mosley's Resignation
The requests, of course, have fallen on deaf ears.

Max's IED Makes His Case For Remaining in Office
In a four-page letter sent on May 16th to the presidents of all the
FIA member clubs, Max Mosley has raised the threat that the FIA will
lose Formula 1 to Bernie Ecclestone and CVC Capital Partners if he
is not allowed to see out his term. In exchange for being allowed to 'save' the FIA, he's offered to remove himself from the public eye,
and thus diffused one of the primary reasons many want his
resignation or removal. It was a bombshell of a letter, and a
political masterstroke. It may well have won him the war.

Maxed Out? Don't Bet the Farm.
Humiliated FIA president Max Mosley continues to mount an
impressive political and public relations campaign in an attempt
to retain his office. His chief success has been keeping a vote
on his removal or retention off the agenda of the emergency
General Assembly meeting slated for June 3rd. Those who oppose
Mosley have been shown how to circumvent his gambit. The question
now is whether they have the competence and the commitment to
marshal enough votes to cast him out.

The Ship Goes Down With the Captain
With a little help from his remaining friends, Max Mosley has dodged
three bullets which should have been fired at the June 3rd FIA
General Assembly emergency meeting: having to justify his decision
to retain his office after being sexposed; having to answer questions
from the FIA General Assembly; and being subjected to a vote on his
future, following a vote of confidence, or no confidence. We explain
why that and other factors suggest Mosley may retain his office, at
the considerable expense of Formula 1 and the entire FIA.

Funf! Vier! Drei! Zwei! Eins! The Long, Unwinding Road of Max Mosley and the FIA
On June 3rd,FIA president Max Mosley will finally be forced to change
his role from prosecutor to defendant. The article details the events
that have led to Mosley having to defend himself, what will and won't
happen in the emergency hearing, who will decide Mosley's fate, and
provides a comprehensive spectator's guide to yet another FIA trial
of the century. And yes, we've lost count.

Mosley Fights Back
FIA president Max Mosley attempted to answer Germany's ADAC and his
other critics with a restatement of his defense, even as America's
50-million-member AAA made a pointed call for his resignation.

There Goes the Knighthood
FIA president Max Mosley, caught in a whip-me-make-me-bleed romp with
five sex-industry workers by a British tabloid, has blamed the
newspaper and the sinister forces behind his outing. The one person
he neglected to blame was the one who really got him into this mess:
himself. With Mercedes, BMW, Honda, Toyota and lastly some of the FIA
member clubs calling for his head, the Mosley death watch has begun.

Comparison Shopping: the F1 Class of 2008
Our annual look at the new F1 field, with comparison views of the new
cars in profile and from three-quarter front angles, plus our best
guess about who will fit where in the pecking order, and the thinking
that led us to brilliance or astray.

The Future of RaceFax DotCom
A message to subscribers from editor Forrest Bond

The Future as a Thing of the Past
Unification, the Holy Grail pursued, off and on, for years as the
solution to all that is wrong with American open-wheel racing, is
finally reality. Unfortunately, it isn't going to fix anything.

Reconsillyation
Once again, there is the ritual winter talk of a 'merger' between
the Indy Racing League and Champ Car, but this time, it appears we
may finally wind up with just one series. If it happens, it won't be
a merger. Champ Car will simply evaporate, leaving a lot of people
to pay a very high price for the stupidity of the series' owners,
and little or no improvement in the dismal state of American open-
wheel racing. You can bet the farm that a list of the wounded won't
include Tony George, or the Four Amigos, Kevin Kalkhoven, Gerry
Forsythe, Paul Gentilozzi or Dan Petit.

Red Bull RB4: Sneaking Up On It
At first glance, the Red Bull RB4 appears to be a conservative
evolution of the RB3. A closer look shows that designer Adrian Newey
has made significant changes to improve an already mature design,
which relies heavily on a concept he, in fact, pioneered.

Honda RA108
The stuff of dreams, or more nightmares? Honda's hopes of awaking
from the bad dream which was its 2007 season rest on the RA108. The
car is dead conservative, however, and judging by initial testing,
it's also dead slow.

Renault R28
Renault's fall from grace in 2007 was even more dramatic than its
rise to championship form in 2005 and 2006. Having suffered a badly
calibrated wind tunnel and a mistaken judgment about the requirements
of last year's spec Bridgestones, Renault has changed virtually
everything that it was allowed to change under the rules, in pursuit
of a return to glory, and Fernando Alonso.

BMW F1.08
Technical director Willy Rampf calls BMW's '08 challenger the product
of 'radical evolution,' but while the F1.08 is indeed very different
in appearance than its predecessor, what he and aerodynamicist Willem
Toet have fashioned looks more like rational evolution.

Toyota TF108. The Penultimate Hoorah?
Toyota's 2008 racer borrows heavily from more successful teams and
breaks no new ground. It is the product of an approach which has
served Japanese car manufacturers well in their core business, but
poorly in racing. We examine the philosophy which has produced six
years of uninterrupted mediocrity in F1, and the TF108.

McLaren MP4-23
McLaren declined, so for the first time, Mercedes introduced the new
car from Woking. Bernie Ecclestone and Dr. Z, the Daimler board
chairman, were trotted out to show that all is well, but rumors of
Ron Dennis's impending departure and the shadow of the spy scandal
still managed to upstage the MP4-23, despite the fact that it is
vastly different than its predecessor.

Ferrari F2008
First blood in the new car launch stakes has gone to Ferrari, with
the introduction of the F2008. While the team might have been
expected to evolve it from the F2007, the cars is all new, from its
raised and narrowed nose to its engine cover, and includes a special
surprise for the boys at Woking....