F1’s television ratings in key markets are strikingly down in 2014. Writing in the Spanish sports daily Marca, correspondent Miguel Sanz said the most worrying figures are coming out of ...
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New engine era ‘far too expensive’ – Head
F1’s new turbo era is “far too expensive”, according to Williams co-founder and former technical boss Patrick Head. The 67-year-old Briton told the BBC he thinks the sport has taken ...
Read More »Jordan tells friend Sauber to sell F1 team
Eddie Jordan has urged Peter Sauber to follow him into F1 retirement. Actually, having sold his Silverstone based team back in 2005 that today is called Force India, Irishman Jordan ...
Read More »F1 could be destroyed without a ‘dictator’ – Briatore
Formula one “needs a dictator”, according to the flamboyant former team boss Flavio Briatore. Embroiled in a corruption scandal that could end his reign, F1’s current ‘supremo’, Bernie Ecclestone, has ...
Read More »Ecclestone should have quit F1 already – Briatore
Flavio Briatore thinks Bernie Ecclestone’s days in charge of F1 are numbered. Embroiled in a bribery scandal and criminal trial, the sport’s ‘supremo’ on Friday stunned the paddock when he ...
Read More »Mattiacci to head Ferrari for ‘long time’
Luca di Montezemolo has played down rumours Marco Mattiacci is only a stop-gap solution at the top of the Ferrari team. It is rumoured Gerhard Berger or Ross Brawn are ...
Read More »Ferrari team no longer ‘excellent’ – Briatore
While Ferrari’s global brand remains strong, the health of the Maranello based formula one team is less impressive. That is the view of former F1 team boss Flavio Briatore, who ...
Read More »Briatore, Rossi dislike ‘new’ F1 era
Former team boss Flavio Briatore has slammed the new face of formula one. The 63-year-old Italian, absent from F1 in the wake of the ‘crashgate’ scandal, said he watched the ...
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