Bernie Ecclestone’s bribery trial begins on Thursday. It could be the final lap in a long and lucrative career for the 83-year-old Briton, as two courts have already found that ...
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F1 set for cost-cutting summit on 1 May
F1 will move to put cost-cutting efforts back on the agenda during a May 1 meeting. Earlier, it was reported FIA president Jean Todt was considering new measures including reviving ...
Read More »Female lawyer to help Ecclestone run F1
Bernie Ecclestone will lean heavily on the help of a 44-year-old woman when his corruption trial begins next week in Germany. The F1 chief executive has already admitted he will ...
Read More »Engine makers get to work on louder F1
F1’s engine manufacturers will focus their attention on the exhaust pipe as they work on spicing up the sound of the turbo V6 engines. Unhappy with the milder noise of ...
Read More »Plea bargain could keep Ecclestone in charge
Bernie Ecclestone has denied rumours he will strike a plea deal with Munich prosecutors to stay out of jail and in charge of F1. The sport’s chief executive faces up ...
Read More »Ecclestone planning new F1 masters series
Bernie Ecclestone is planning to launch a ‘masters’ series for former F1 cars and drivers. With drivers like Nigel Mansell, Emerson Fittipaldi and Riccardo Patrese at the wheel, ‘GP Masters’ ...
Read More »Smallest teams write ‘explosive’ letter – report
F1’s four smallest teams have written a letter complaining about the state of the sport. Germany’s Sport Bild revealed that the letter, initiated by Marussia and also signed by Caterham, ...
Read More »2014 critics have ‘agenda’ – Mosley
Former FIA president Max Mosley says criticism of the ‘new’ face of formula one is being powered by those with an “agenda”. Since the sport made its revolutionary switch to ...
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