Bernie Ecclestone insists CVC, the owners of formula one’s commercial rights, are “very happy” to keep him in charge of the sport. That is despite the fact the 82-year-old has ...
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Whiting inspects Sochi track
F1 race director Charlie Whiting has this week inspected progress at the site of the inaugural 2014 Russian grand prix. Organisers of the race confirmed the FIA safety delegate was ...
Read More »Pirelli boss sentenced for espionage
Pirelli chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera has been sentenced to jail for twenty months. The Financial Times reports that a Milan court found him guilty, but suspended his jail sentence, in ...
Read More »Ecclestone bosses to ‘monitor’ bribery case
Bernie Ecclestone’s bosses have admitted they will “monitor developments” in the German corruption affair. On Wednesday, it emerged that the F1 chief executive has finally been served with bribery charges ...
Read More »Ex-F1 boss Kolles tried to blackmail Wolff – report
Former HRT boss Colin Kolles tried to blackmail Mercedes chief Toto Wolff earlier this year, it has emerged. We reported earlier that a conversation between Austrian Wolff and a then-unnamed ...
Read More »Ecclestone receives bribery indictment
Bernie Ecclestone has been formally charged by German prosecutors for bribery, it emerged on Wednesday. It has been known since May that the Munich prosecutors decided to indict the F1 ...
Read More »Rookie disappointed Alonso sitting out Silverstone
Rising Spaniard Carlos Sainz jr has expressed disappointment he will not share a F1 circuit with his hero Fernando Alonso this week. Sainz, the 18-year-old son of the world rally ...
Read More »Senna hints next move could be to America
Bruno Senna’s next move in the world of motor racing could be to America. After stints in F1 with HRT, Renault and Williams between 2010 and last year, the nephew ...
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