Niki Lauda has played down mounting speculation he is in pole position to succeed Bernie Ecclestone. It is claimed that Ferrari’s Sergio Marchionne, backed by Mercedes chief Toto Wolff, is ...
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Russia GP secure with Putin’s backing – Ecclestone
Bernie Ecclestone says Russia will stay on the F1 schedule so long as it has the backing of Vladimir Putin. The F1 supremo is an avowed admirer of the controversial ...
Read More »F1 must look beyond Ecclestone era – Marchionne
F1 needs to be looking ahead to the post-Bernie Ecclestone era. That is the view of Sergio Marchionne, the Ferrari and Fiat president, amid rumours the powerful manufacturers including Mercedes ...
Read More »Gene Haas aims fire at F1 ‘whiners’
Haas, the new American team, has stepped up the tone of its rhetoric amid criticism of its close alliance with Ferrari. The team’s two points finishes in Australia and Bahrain ...
Read More »F1 ‘has learned’ from qualifying debacle
Claire Williams thinks F1 has learned from the ‘musical chairs’ qualifying debacle. F1’s governing body announced late on Monday that the World Motor Sport Council rubber-stamped by ‘e-vote’ the decision ...
Read More »F1 must not repeat ‘erratic’ quali decisions – Wolff
With the third round of the season now looming, F1 is heaving a collective sigh of relief that the hated ‘musical chairs’ qualifying is now gone. “There was simply too ...
Read More »Bosses write letter urging 2015 qualifying return
F1’s qualifying debacle of 2016 continues, as team bosses on Thursday pleaded with authorities to revert to last year’s successful format. With the ‘musical chairs’ system slammed on all sides ...
Read More »F1 governance unlikely to change until 2020 – Todt
To the surprise of no one, the ‘musical chairs’ qualifying was run again on Saturday to collective cries for it to be scrapped. “It’s not good unless you have a ...
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