Banned former F1 chief Flavio Briatore has been named as being also involved in the Gerhard Gribkowsky bribery affair. The Italian, a friend and business partner of Bernie Ecclestone, was ...
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Teams to ask for 2012 calendar ‘rethink’
Formula one teams are concerned about the latest version of the provisional calendar for 2012. With Turkey scrapped and Bahrain shuffled to the end of the schedule, Bernie Ecclestone circulated ...
Read More »Race delay is big help for 2012 US GP
A delayed US grand prix next year could be a sigh of relief for more than one reason. Officially, it is believed the organisers requested the date change from June ...
Read More »Teams cautiously welcome split British TV deal
Bernie Ecclestone has dismissed suggestions the new television broadcasting deal for Britain is a breach of the Concorde Agreement. It is understood the highly-secreted agreement between the commercial rights holder, ...
Read More »2012 delay for Bahrain GP, Turkey axed – report
Bahrain looks set to be relegated to the tail of next year’s F1 calendar. Writing in the Telegraph, correspondent Tom Cary said in Hungary that the island Kingdom, provisionally scheduled ...
Read More »CVC investors ‘worried’ about Ecclestone scandal
Investors in F1’s owner CVC Capital Partners are worried about the Gerhard Gribkowsky bribery scandal, the Financial Times has reported. The report said the investors are calling on the private ...
Read More »Nurburgring talks with Ecclestone ‘positive’
Talks on Sunday about the future of the Nurburgring on the F1 calendar were “positive”. That is the claim of Kurt Beck, who attended the German grand prix amid reports ...
Read More »Prosecutors allege Ecclestone bribed banker
German prosecutors have formally named ‘Bernard E’ as the alleged source of an almost $50 million bribe paid to jailed banker Gerhard Gribkowsky. The development comes just hours before F1’s ...
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