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Formula 1 - Di Montezemolo slams 'too old' Ecclestone

Ecclestone, 82, was critical of the controversy generated after Ferrari decided to write to the FIA asking for clarification on Sebastian Vettel's pass on Jean-Eric Vergne during the season finale in Brazil. Ecclestone said last week [...]

Posted On : Dec, 04 2012 | Comments : 0

F1: Bernie Ecclestone Warns Sport Takeover Will be ‘Suicide’

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone warned the teams that were they to be party to any takeover of the sport it would be the equivalent of committing ‘suicide’. The 80-year-old Briton - who reconstructed F1 into the moder [...]

Posted On : May, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Formula 1: Mark Webber Unconvinced With Ecclestone’s ‘Fake R...

Mark Webber has poured cold water on Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone’s idea of using ‘fake rain’ during Grands Prix races. Ecclestone caused a storm this week after saying a sprinkler system would help liven up th [...]

Posted On : Mar, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Schumacher will win again - Ecclestone

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has come out in defence of under-fire Michael Schumacher following his woeful return to the sport.After more than three years in retirement, Schumacher has been a shadow of his former self in the fou [...]

Posted On : Apr, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

ECCLESTONE - NO RULE CHANGES

Bernie Ecclestone has admitted the current rules in Formula One will not be changed, despite coming in for heavy criticism. The season-opening Bahrain GP has come under fire for being too boring, with little overtaking and a lack of [...]

Posted On : Mar, 18 2010 | Comments : 0

In Conversation - Bernie Ecclestone and Sebastian Vettel

In his long career in motorsport, Formula One Management CEO Bernie Ecclestone has met legions of drivers. Obviously, however, as F1 racing’s youngest-ever race winner, Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel is more than just ‘anothe [...]

Posted On : Sep, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

Ecclestone Says F1 Will Return To Montreal In 2010

For those stung most severely by the loss of Montreal’s biggest revenue-generating annual event this summer, they’ll believe the Canadian Grand Prix is returning when they see it. For the first time since he pulled the extreme [...]

Posted On : Aug, 08 2009 | Comments : 0

Ecclestone Says Teams More or less happy With Budget Cap - T...

Bernie Ecclestone has delivered a fresh twist to the dispute between the FIA and the formula one teams by saying that both sides are agreed that, while a budget cap to limit excessive expenditure is acceptable, the proposed two-tier technic [...]

Posted On : May, 18 2009 | Comments : 0

Formula One teams and Ecclestone argue over money

Formula One's tortured start to the season continued on Friday when a row over money flared up between the 10 teams and commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone. The Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) issued a statement to clarify reports of [...]

Posted On : Mar, 27 2009 | Comments : 0

Hamilton race abuse 'isolated incident', says Formula One bo...

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone believes the racist abuse suffered by Lewis Hamilton in Barcelona is just "an isolated incident" and claimed that the FIA's anti-racism campaign was "not necessary". "All it [...]