Bernie Ecclestone is no longer a serious candidate to buy the embattled Nurburgring. The F1 chief executive revealed last month that he has made a bid for the fabled German ...
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Vettel backs Ecclestone amid legal troubles
World champion Sebastian Vettel has jumped to the defence of F1’s embattled chief executive. Already under fire by German prosecutors over the Gerhard Gribkowsky bribe affair, Ecclestone’s troubles worsened this ...
Read More »Todt backs Ecclestone amid corruption charge
FIA president Jean Todt has backed Bernie Ecclestone, as German prosecutors prepare to charge the F1 chief executive for corruption. It has been suggested Ecclestone will be stepped down by ...
Read More »Big spenders pushing out smaller teams – Mallya
Force India team owner Vijay Mallya has backed his deputy in claiming F1’s biggest teams are pushing their small rivals out of the sport. Deputy team boss Bob Fernley issued ...
Read More »Most teams struggling to survive – Fernley
Bob Fernley, Force India’s deputy boss, has admitted the Silverstone based team is in danger of being swallowed up by F1’s rising costs. But, amid reports only Red Bull, McLaren, ...
Read More »Ecclestone to be charged for bribery – report
Munich prosecutors could be set to formally charge Bernie Ecclestone for bribery, the Suddeutsche Zeitung newspaper reports. The German report said authorities have now completed an investigation into the 82-year-old ...
Read More »Supermarket boss could ‘maybe’ run F1 – Ecclestone
Bernie Ecclestone has failed to deny rumours Justin King, the 51-year-old British boss of supermarket chain Sainsbury’s, is being lined up to replace him. F1’s 82-year-old chief executive Ecclestone is ...
Read More »F1 owner CVC ‘milking’ money from sport – Fernley
Force India has lashed out at F1’s owner CVC, accusing the private equity firm of not being interested in developing the sport. The financial news agency Bloomberg quoted deputy team ...
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