Pirelli on Wednesday is tipped to finally be approved as formula one’s new tyre supplier for 2011. With the teams’ FOTA group signing a letter of intent to be supplied ...
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F1 boss Ecclestone vows never to retire
He turns 80 later this year, but Bernie Ecclestone has vowed never to retire. “I cannot stop,” the sport’s British chief executive told the German Sunday newspaper Bild am Sonntag. ...
Read More »Ecclestone has ‘enough power’ to choose Pirelli – source
If the F1 teams and Bernie Ecclestone want to do a deal with Pirelli, the FIA will have to go along with it. That is the claim of an unnamed ...
Read More »Political tension no threat to Korea GP – organisers
Organisers of the inaugural Korean grand prix, scheduled to be held in October, have played down renewed fears the event might be called off. F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone recently ...
Read More »Teams to lose control of pit advertising rights?
F1 teams could be set to lose control of their advertising signage rights within the pit garages. Team sponsor signage is commonplace within the confines of the garages, but bosses ...
Read More »F1 must wait until 2012 for HD broadcasts
Formula one fans are facing a long wait for the sport to be broadcast on television in High Definition. The newly-published results of the recent FOTA-commissioned fan survey showed that ...
Read More »F1 ‘shouldn’t have left’ sell-out Montreal – Ecclestone
This weekend’s Canadian grand prix is now officially a sell-out. The popular event dropped off the calendar last year due to a squabble between F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone and ...
Read More »2011 tyre decision may take ‘weeks’ yet – Pirelli
It may be “weeks” before F1’s new tyre supplier for 2011 and beyond is confirmed, Pirelli president Marco Tronchetti Provera said on Tuesday. Despite a final recent push from Michelin, ...
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