Australian GP Confirms $40 Million Loss in 2009
15 Oct 2009, 09:18 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The 2009 Australian Grand Prix has registered losses of $40 million AUD, according to a press release from the organizers of the Aussie event. After each Formula One grand prix at Melbourne, the Aus...
Donington Unveils Financial Plan for F1 Track
14 Oct 2009, 10:40 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / One day after Bernie Ecclestone revealed that Donington Park are in breach of contract to securing the necessary conditions for the 2010 British Grand Prix, the Leicestershire track today unveiled t...
Ecclestone Wants Button Champion at Abu Dhabi, Not Interlagos
14 Oct 2009, 08:25 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Of course Bernie Ecclestone and the rest of the Formula One fans out there want the 2009 title to be decided in the very last round, at Abu Dhabi. However, should Jenson Button have other plans for ...
Ecclestone Denies New Deadline for Donington
13 Oct 2009, 09:42 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Simon Gillett has just got on Bernie Ecclestone's bad side apparently, after announcing that the Formula One supremo extended the Donington Park's deadline with an extra 2 weeks. The 78-ye...
Ecclestone Extends Donington Park Deadline... Again
13 Oct 2009, 05:27 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Bernie Ecclestone must really want Donington Park in the Formula One calendar next week! That's the most logical explanation for the latest report coming from the UK, according to which the F1 ...
Ecclestone to Push for Monday Testing in F1
12 Oct 2009, 10:39 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Bernie Ecclestone echoed the voices of the team principals in Formula One when arguing that the lack of in-season testing has put an end to the test-driver era in the series and has made it virtuall...
2010 Monaco GP Moved Earlier to Solve Calendar Issues
12 Oct 2009, 07:37 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although the Formula One calendar was announced more than a month ago by Bernie Ecclestone and the International Automobile Federation (FIA), that doesn't mean the dates in it can't change...
Ecclestone Hinted that Briatore Might Return to F1
8 Oct 2009, 07:19 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Bernie Ecclestone did not dismiss the possibility of one day seeing Flavio Briatore back in the Formula One paddock. While insisting that giving his good friend and business associate an F1 pass now...
Hockenheim Secures F1 Future Until 2018
1 Oct 2009, 08:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Germany will continue to have a race in Formula One from next year onwards, following the rescue of the Hockenheim circuit on Wednesday. Following what may have seemed like endless talks between the...
Ecclestone Would Love to See Raikkonen at McLaren
1 Oct 2009, 07:29 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With Ferrari confirming Fernando Alonso for the upcoming 3 Formula One seasons, Finland's Kimi Raikkonen is officially on the drivers' market as of yesterday. Although saying several times...
Logistic Problems with 2010 Formula One Calendar
30 Sep 2009, 08:46 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The fact that Bernie Ecclestone increased the number of rounds in the Formula One calendar from 17 to 19 for the upcoming season managed to cause enough controversy within the F1 teams. First of all...
Ecclestone Voted Against Briatore’s Ban
29 Sep 2009, 15:27 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / Following the crash-gate scandal which had the Renault F1 outfit, Pat Symonds and Flavio Briatore in the spotlight for the last few weeks, it has now surfaced in the media that 'F1 supremo'...
Ecclestone Doubts US F1 Will Make 2010 Grid
29 Sep 2009, 08:46 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although Formula One fans worldwide are dying to see how the series will look like with at least 26 cars on the grid – there might be 28 if the FIA allows the newly Sauber Team to take part in...
Ecclestone Supports Todt for FIA Presidency
25 Sep 2009, 13:13 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After Max Mosley, Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone also announced his public support for former Ferrari-an Jean Todt for the presidency of the FIA. Talking to the media in Singapore, the 78-yea...
Montezemolo, Ecclestone: Briatore's Ban Excessive
24 Sep 2009, 13:32 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ferrari's CEO Luca di Montezemolo expressed his regret over the lifetime ban handed by the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) to Flavio Briatore as a result his involvement in the crash-gate. The...
Ecclestone Extends Deadline for Donington
24 Sep 2009, 09:35 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Had it been Silverstone, we can't help but wonder if Bernie Ecclestone would have had the same willingness to help. As revealed by the Formula One boss during a press conference in Singapore, D...
Spa's F1 License Revoked by Local Court, Belgian GP in Doubt
23 Sep 2009, 14:04 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and the Hockenheimring have both been included in the 2010 Formula One calendar by Bernie Ecclestone, neither of the two circuits have managed to sign and seal the...
Ecclestone Plays Down Briatore's Reviving the Breakaway Series
23 Sep 2009, 09:10 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although Flavio Briatore has been thrown out of all FIA-sanctioned competitions for life following his role in the Renault race fixing scandal, there are plenty of people that are convinced the 59-y...
Hill: "Crash-Gate Verdict is All Bernie's Game"
22 Sep 2009, 06:43 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Damon Hill has never been a fan of Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone, and he sure doesn't plan to become one in the future. Having raced and watched F1 racing for almost 2 decades, the preside...
Ecclestone Feels Sorry for Briatore
17 Sep 2009, 07:47 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone is surely not pleased with the way the crash-gate ended up – although the WMSC hearing is to take place next week, things look pretty obvious now – esp...