Team boss Christian Horner has denied claims Red Bull flouted a cost-saving agreement on the way to winning the world championships in 2010. On Christmas Eve, former FIA president Max ...
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Big team spending threatens FOTA unity
HRT’s logo has been removed from the website of the formula one teams association FOTA. There are varying accounts of why the back-of-the-grid Spanish team has left the body, including ...
Read More »Ecclestone denies paying $50m bribe to F1 banker
Bernie Ecclestone has denied paying a bribe to a German banker arrested last week for corruption. Gerhard Gribkowsky, once representing former F1 owner Bayerische Landesbank, is charged with accepting $50 ...
Read More »Bahrain happy with F1 calendar top spot
Organisers of the Bahrain grand prix want the race to retain its current top spot on the sport’s annual calendar. Dating back to 1996, Melbourne was the traditional host of ...
Read More »Plans for F1 race at Mallorca still progressing
Plans for a formula one race on the Balearic Islands are still progressing. Mid last year, it emerged that Llucmajor, a short drive from Mallorca’s major Palma airport, was the ...
Read More »Ecclestone worried about sound of 2013 engines
Bernie Ecclestone has admitted that he too is worried about the sound of F1’s new engine formula for 2013. Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo said recently that for “the top ...
Read More »Report – Banker paid $50m for F1 power role?
According to a report in the German press, a banker became a multi-millionaire following his links to formula one’s commercial rights. Before the rights were sold to CVC Capital Partners ...
Read More »Flammini pushing ahead with Rome GP for 2013
Despite the opposition of Monza, Ferrari and an apparent majority of local residents, promoter Maurizio Flammini has vowed to push ahead with his plans for a Rome street race. “The ...
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