MA-FIA Chapter VI: When Being American Isn’t Enough This article is part of the investigative series “La Mafia de la FIA” by Not Enough Cylinders, documenting the structural failures of international motorsport governance. The 2,500-Car Wall To compete in IMSA’s GTP class, a manufacturer must produce more than 2,500 vehicles per year for worldwide sale. … Read more
F1 Academy, the Golden Cage There’s nothing more insulting than being gifted something you’d already earned. In 1975, Lella Lombardi scored points in a Formula 1 Grand Prix. Not in a women’s category. Not in a parallel championship. In the same Spanish Grand Prix where men risked their lives every Sunday. Sixth place. Half a … Read more
MA-FIA IV: The Stolen Spectacle — Everything the FIA Took from You that You Should Never Have Lost 1,200 track limit infringements in a single Grand Prix. V10s at 19,000 rpm silenced by hybrid vacuum cleaners. Refuelling banned so the winner is now whoever exits the single pit stop first. And when drivers asked for … Read more
MA-FIA III: The Price of Racing — How the FIA Turned Motorsport into a Billionaire’s Theme Park €50,000 a year for your 8-year-old to race karts. €1.3 million per season in F3. Nearly a million for a rally car you can’t buy. And if you make it to F1, over a million euros just for … Read more
MA-FIA II: The e-Fuels Lobby — How F1 Became Saudi Arabia’s Trojan Horse 35 barrels a day of “sustainable” fuel. 9 million barrels a day of crude oil. And a PR machine lobbying the European Parliament so you can’t buy a petrol car in 2035… while they keep pumping oil until the end of time. … Read more
