Ecclestone Brings Brawn GP on the Brink of Financial Collapse
25 Mar 2009, 11:27 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Regardless of the great pace shown by the Brawn GP car during the last couple of tests, the future of the team is still in doubt. Financially, Ross Brawn is yet to announce a life-saving partnership...
Official - FIA Abandon Medal System for 2009
24 Mar 2009, 13:50 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The controversial “winner takes all” system decided upon by the members of the World Motor Sport Council last week was officially scrapped off the 2009 Formula 1 rule book. The FIA had i...
Renault and McLaren Threaten to Boycott Aussie GP
24 Mar 2009, 10:18 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Renault and McLaren Mercedes have threatened F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone with the boycott of the Australian Grand Prix. The reason? Unpaid debts to the teams coming from the 78-year old Englishman....
Briatore Hails FOTA's Win Over the FIA
23 Mar 2009, 09:47 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The latest decisions ratified by FIA's World Motor Sport Council last week did nothing but to create a gap between the international body and the Formula One Teams Association. Just when the tw...
Ecclestone Tips Massa for F1 Title
19 Mar 2009, 15:34 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Bernie Ecclestone revealed that he has a clear favorite for the F1 title this year. Looking back on what happened in 2008, the 78-year old Englishman sees no reason why Felipe Massa won't go al...
Ecclestone Continues Fight with the FOTA
18 Mar 2009, 14:44 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although the Formula One Teams Association publicly criticized the FIA for not discussing the introduction of voluntary budget capping before ratifying it for the 2010 season, F1 boss Bernie Ecclest...
Button Thinks New Point System Will Cause Chaos
18 Mar 2009, 14:08 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Brawn GP driver Jenson Button disagrees with Bernie Ecclestone on the new title-awarding system imposed by the FIA for the 2009 season. The World Motor Sport Council ratified the new scheme, based o...
FOTA to Push for Restoration of US Grand Prix
12 Mar 2009, 13:18 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / McLaren Mercedes are really pushing for the return of the United States Grand Prix in Formula 1 in the near future. Team's new Chief Executive Martin Whitmarsh insisted it now rests in the hand...
Ecclestone In Favor of Rome GP in 2013
26 Feb 2009, 15:33 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone dismissed rumors about a potential Rome Grand Prix to be hosted by the Italian capital in 2010 or 2011. However, he did suggest that Rome is on top of the list for ...
Honda Reveal Lack of "Serious" Buyers
23 Feb 2009, 11:22 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The chances of seeing Honda's F1 team on the Formula 1 grid in 2009 are getting slimmer by the day, as a Honda official earlier revealed that there are no “serious” buyers in line t...
Honda Rejects Ecclestone's Buyout Offer
23 Feb 2009, 10:40 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / F1 supreme Bernie Ecclestone revealed he was very much interested in saving Honda's F1 team on his own during the past month, but both team boss Nick Fry and principal Ross Brawn have rejected ...
Richard Branson Conditions F1 Involvement
21 Feb 2009, 16:59 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Talking for the first time about his potential debut in Formula 1 as a team owner, Virgin Group’s Sir Richard Branson revealed he will consider the option on the sole condition that the sport ...
FOTA to Announce F1 Changes in March
19 Feb 2009, 08:44 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The Formula One Teams Association have confirmed a press conference – scheduled on March 5th – in which they plan to give the world their own view on how the sport of Formula 1 should lo...
Teams Want Control Over Formula 1
18 Feb 2009, 09:28 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Bernie Ecclestone has found himself another F1 team owner to challenge the way the sport is being handled – and especially the people who make the decisions – in recent years. After Ferr...
Hockenheim to Leave F1?
10 Feb 2009, 09:33 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Hockenheim is likely to join the number of historic circuit to be axed from the Formula 1 calendar in the years to come. According to media reports in Germany – Sport Bild – F1 supreme B...
Turkish GP Face Scrape-Off in 2011
9 Feb 2009, 10:09 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Turkey may host its last Formula 1 Grand Prix in 2011 if the circuit officials do not start negotiations with F1 supreme Bernie Ecclestone soon enough. As reported by Turkish newspaper The Today...
FIA Unable to Keep Historical Venues in F1
5 Feb 2009, 13:59 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The International Automobile Federation has no means of counteracting Bernie Ecclestone's policy of switching from old historical circuits to new venues. FIA's president Max Mosley did not...
Ecclestone Not Panicking on F1 Future
2 Feb 2009, 10:34 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Taking on former F1 champion Alain Prost's advice, Bernie Ecclestone insisted that the world of Formula 1 should not panic in the wake of the global economic downturn. The F1 supreme argued tha...
Medal System Could Have Reigned 3 NEW F1 Champions
30 Jan 2009, 11:51 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Despite its president not agreeing much with the Ecclestone-acclaimed medal system, the International Automobile Federation decided to publish an interesting report on how the new system would have ...
Ecclestone Gives Go-Ahead to Rome GP
28 Jan 2009, 14:51 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The Italian Grand Prix being held on the streets of Rome doesn't seem like a mirage anymore. Initially considered an extravagant idea of Superbike World Championship promoter Maurizio Flammini,...