Austin’s formula one project continued to collapse this week, with news construction of the Circuit of the Americas has been halted. Bernie Ecclestone cast doubt on the health of the ...
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F1 trial twist as Ecclestone deputy fails to show
F1’s corruption scandal has taken a fresh twist this week. The Financial Times reports that Stephen Mullens, Bernie Ecclestone’s long-term deputy who left formula one a month ago, has failed ...
Read More »Ecclestone comments endanger 2012 US GP funding
The fate of the 2012 US grand prix project has continued its downward spiral this week. Bernie Ecclestone intensified the speculation about the Austin event by saying in Abu Dhabi ...
Read More »Austin hits back at Ecclestone pessimism
The Circuit of the Americas has hit back at Bernie Ecclestone’s claim that Texas might fall off the 2012 calendar. “Austin? I wouldn’t want to put my money down that ...
Read More »Ecclestone sure about Bahrain return, not Austin debut
Bernie Ecclestone on Saturday sounded hopeful Bahrain will host its grand prix as scheduled next year, and less confident formula one will race in Austin. He was speaking in Abu ...
Read More »Bosses back F1 to survive Eurozone crisis
Team bosses are sure formula one will weather the European storm. Struggling Eurozone members headed by Greece have triggered a worsening financial crisis in the sport’s key market. But Sir ...
Read More »Rumour – Ecclestone considers Concorde offer for Ferrari
Bernie Ecclestone could be planning to pull $100 million out of the coffers to give the negotiations over F1’s next Concorde Agreement a kick-start. In 2005, amid the teams’ threats ...
Read More »Texas quiet but F1 ‘nervous’ as corruption saga deepens
Texas officials would not comment when asked if Bernie Ecclestone’s implication in the Gerhard Gribkowsky corruption scandal might endanger the 2012 US grand prix. It is feared that, with the ...
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