Bernie Ecclestone has moved to dismiss doubts about this year’s inaugural Russian grand prix. In the wake of the Malaysia Airlines MH17 atrocity, pressure is falling on formula one to ...
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Ecclestone confirms Mexico set for F1 return
Mexico has secured its return to the formula one calendar in 2015. The Mexico City-based events company CIE said in a filing with the country’s stock exchange that it has ...
Read More »Vettel blamed for turning off Hockenheim crowd
World champion Sebastian Vettel is copping some of the blame for the small crowd at Hockenheim last weekend. After buzzing atmospheres and big crowds in Canada, Austria and Silverstone, the ...
Read More »F1 left to muse reasons for small Hockenheim crowd
Elsewhere in Germany on Sunday, the Nurburgring hosted an event called the ‘Truck Grand Prix’. Watching the unwieldy trucks from the grandstands were about 100,000 excited spectators — about twice ...
Read More »Ecclestone plays down F1 buy-back reports
Bernie Ecclestone has played down suggestions he is set to buy back formula one. F1 business journalist Christian Sylt claims the sport’s biggest shareholder, CVC, is already committed to selling ...
Read More »Haas paid ‘$20m deposit’ for F1 team entry
Gene Haas proved his seriousness about entering formula one by paying a $20 million deposit. That is the claim of F1 business journalist Christian Sylt, who told us the “more ...
Read More »Boss ‘not worried’ about Hockenheim future
Hockenheim is not looking at this weekend’s German grand prix as its last. That is the claim of circuit boss Georg Seiler, amid reports a deal between Bernie Ecclestone and ...
Read More »Ecclestone ‘upset’ with witness on Wednesday
According to an observer reporting for the Austrian press agency APA, Bernie Ecclestone was “visibly upset” on Wednesday. The F1 chief executive was back in court, listening to a witness ...
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