Luca di Montezemolo has dismissed as a “joke” Bernie Ecclestone’s claim that Christian Horner is his ideal successor as F1 supremo. Amid the Ecclestone corruption affair, and the 83-year-old’s advancing ...
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Ecclestone still thinks V6 switch bad idea
F1’s V8 engines have already roared for the last time, but Bernie Ecclestone still thinks moving to turbo V6s next year is a bad idea. Asked by the Spanish sports ...
Read More »Horner ‘reaffirms commitment’ after Ecclestone comments
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has had to “reaffirm his commitment” to Red Bull after Bernie Ecclestone named him as his ideal successor. F1 ‘supremo’ Ecclestone, caught up in ...
Read More »Ecclestone names Horner as ‘ideal’ successor
Bernie Ecclestone has named Red Bull team boss Christian Horner as his ideal successor. Ecclestone, F1’s long-time ‘supremo’, is currently locked in legal battles amid a corruption scandal, with F1 ...
Read More »F1 deal fraught with ‘constant crisis’ – CVC official
Donald Mackenzie, the highest profile figure at F1 owners CVC, has described his investment in the sport as one fraught with “constant crisis”. This week, the CVC co-founder, who has ...
Read More »Official says CVC prepared to ‘fire’ Ecclestone
Bernie Ecclestone will be fired by CVC if he is convicted amid the Gerhard Gribkowsky corruption scandal. That is the claim of CVC co-founder Donald Mackenzie, who gave evidence on ...
Read More »Only Vettel not ‘bored’ as 2013 nears end
Even Sebastian Vettel’s post-race ‘donuts’ are becoming predictable, after the quadruple world champion on Sunday smashed an old Michael Schumacher record in Texas. Not even in Schumacher’s ultra-dominant Ferrari era ...
Read More »F1 must confirm Pirelli’s aggressive role – Hembery
Pirelli has warned it will take “a very conservative approach” to 2014 unless its mandate is clearly set out by formula one. F1’s official supplier has been the subject of ...
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