F1’s governing body as well as Bernie Ecclestone on Friday confirmed that the ‘musical chairs’-style qualifying is going ahead in full in 2016. Throughout the week, amid Ecclestone’s claims the ...
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No ‘musical chairs’ qualifying in Melbourne
F1’s new ‘musical chairs’ qualifying format has hit a roadblock. Bernie Ecclestone told F1 business journalist Christian Sylt that Formula One Management’s software team does not have time to prepare ...
Read More »Caterham survival takes another step on Monday
The future of ailing F1 team Caterham will be decided on Monday. The backmarker team as well as Marussia sat out the US-Brazil double header in November amid financial troubles, ...
Read More »McLaren denies Dennis now sole team owner
McLaren has denied Bernie Ecclestone’s claim that Ron Dennis has bought back majority ownership of the Woking based team. The F1 supremo told business journalist Christian Sylt earlier this week ...
Read More »New F1 boss to ‘rein in’ Ecclestone – report
A source has reinforced reports Bernie Ecclestone could be ‘reined in’ by the incoming new F1 chairman. Last week, the Financial Times (FT) reported that F1 supremo Ecclestone’s long reign ...
Read More »Greece ‘keen’ to host F1 race – Ecclestone
Greece could be the next destination for formula one. According to F1 business journalist Christian Sylt, despite economic austerity measures in the southern European country, a Greek race could be ...
Read More »Ecclestone admits bribe affair affecting F1 role
Bernie Ecclestone has hinted for the first time that he may need to voluntarily step back from running formula one. Until now, the F1 chief executive has been resolute in ...
Read More »F1 pays almost no tax – report
A clever tax arrangement sees formula one pay a tiny amount of tax, it has emerged. Writing in The Independent, leading F1 business journalist Christian Sylt said the sport paid ...
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