F1’s ‘silly season’ is bursting into life at Monza — and almost every team in pitlane is playing ball. That goes even for the sport’s dominant Mercedes, and one of ...
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No F1 ‘popularity’ crisis meeting for now – report
F1 chiefs have now cancelled until further notice a scheduled meeting of the newly-formed ‘popularity working group’. Originally scheduled for last Thursday, it was called off when Mercedes’ Toto Wolff ...
Read More »F1 ‘popularity’ meeting cancelled
A crisis meeting to plot formula one’s future has been cancelled. The meeting was set to take place in London on Thursday, involving Bernie Ecclestone, Ferrari’s Marco Mattiacci, Red Bull’s ...
Read More »Ecclestone says F1 to scrap 2015 grid restarts
Bernie Ecclestone says F1 will abandon its highly controversial plan for standing re-starts after safety car periods from 2015. In Hungary, reportedly alarmed with the sport’s dwindling spectator and television ...
Read More »F1 to ‘look at rules’ to stop ‘negativity’ – Ecclestone
Bernie Ecclestone thinks formula one needs to act now to prevent a downward trend of unpopularity. Before qualifying in Hungary, amid a climate of paddock doom about dwindling spectator and ...
Read More »Briatore to inject more ‘show’ into F1 – reports
Bernie Ecclestone sees friend Flavio Briatore as the key to rescuing formula one’s flagging ‘show’. That is the claim of publications including the Spanish sports daily AS, in the wake ...
Read More »Mercedes’ Cowell also said no to Ferrari – report
Ferrari is paying a dear price for its geographical location, according to Flavio Briatore. Last month, former Benetton and Renault chief Briatore said the fabled Maranello team should consider relocating ...
Read More »Briatore worried about Schumacher silence
Flavio Briatore admits he is worried about the health of his former champion, Michael Schumacher. In the mid 90s, as the boss and number 1 driver of the Benetton team, ...
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