They are famously close on a personal level, but for the sake of his sport Bernie Ecclestone wants to see Sebastian Vettel suffer in 2012. The Red Bull driver has ...
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UN expert backs Bahrain’s 2012 return
Mahmoud Cherif Bassiouni, a United Nations war crimes expert, thinks Bahrain is ready to host formula one again. Last year, the Egyptian led the high-profile independent investigation that found the ...
Read More »Ecclestone wants new contract for Nurburgring race
Bernie Ecclestone insists he wants to sign a new race contract with beleaguered German venue the Nurburgring. At present, the future of the biennial event looks grim, after the Rhineland-Palatinate ...
Read More »Ecclestone, FIA, circuit say Bahrain GP still on
Bernie Ecclestone has played down the latest reports about violence in Bahrain, insisting April’s 2012 race is still scheduled to go ahead. On the one-year anniversary of the ‘Day of ...
Read More »Legal dispute could derail F1 at the Nurburgring
The future of the German grand prix at the Nurburgring looks set to race into the courts. The Rhineland-Palatinate state this week said it intends to cancel the circuit operator’s ...
Read More »Ecclestone backs Webber to shine in 2012
Bernie Ecclestone has once again backed Mark Webber to shine in 2012. Australian Webber came close to winning the championship in 2010, but ultimately it is his young teammate Sebastian ...
Read More »Ecclestone involved in Petrov’s race seat quest – manager
F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone got involved in Vitaly Petrov’s quest to stay on the grid this year, the Russian driver’s manager has revealed. We reported recently that, after the ...
Read More »Ecclestone to meet France GP officials on Monday
A meeting on Monday could signal another step towards France’s return to the formula one calendar. Bernie Ecclestone is scheduled to meet in his London office with David Douillet, the ...
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