It’s All About the Money
Yes, when Bernie Ecclestone announced that Austin, Texas would host the U.S. Grand Prix starting in 2012 on a “purpose-built” track not yet constructed, it sure seemed to be all about the money. Read More …
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F1A&G posts tagged Ecclestone
Austin Is It for USGP
Formula One Administration Ltd. (Bernie Ecclestone’s company) and Full Throttle Productions LP announced today that an agreement has been reached for Austin, Texas to serve as the host city of the United States Grand Prix for 2012 through 2021. Read More …
Monticello Motor Club To Host USGP
The Monticello Motor Club, an exclusive destination resort in New York State, has reached a letter of intent to host a new United States GP. Read More …
Briatore Thinks Current F1 Is “Confused”
Well, Flavio has never been anything but outspoken, telling reporters today that “there’s something wrong here” in Formula One. The Italian, who left Formula 1 following the 2008 Singapore GP scandal, says the sports needs Read More …
New Silverstone Layout Launched
The BRDC (British Racing Drivers Club) spent £7 million to add a new “Arena” section to the fabled Silverstone circuit. But the real fear was that F1 would cancel the British GP, as Bernie Ecclestone has repeatedly threatened over the years. Read More …
Schumacher “Past It” Says Stirling Moss
Stirling Moss does not share Ross Brawn’s view that Michael Schumacher is struggling to challenge at the front of the grid because his car is in need of improvement. Read More …
F1 Coming Back To America By 2013
Greg Engel in The Examiner writes that F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone “has made no secret of the fact that he wants the sport back in America.” I’ll believe that when I see it, Bernie. Read More …
Silverstone No More At 54
Bernie Ecclestone, impresario of Formula One, has had the audacity to drop the British Grand Prix at venerable Silverstone from the Grand Prix calendar for the 2005 season. Read More …
Two Grand Prix World Championships
Max Mosley says that a “Grand Prix World Championship” series is almost a certainty. He is “pessimistic that the existing Formula One team owners and Bernie Ecclestone will reach a compromise,” and for that reason thinks “that GPWC will happen” by 2008. Read More …
USGP Indy 2000
After nine years without a home in the United States, Formula One returns to America for the 2000 season. Read More …