All Posts Tagged With: "Bernie Ecclestone"
Monza Retains Italian Grand Prix Until 2016
The Autodromo Nazionale di Monza has successfully negotiated an extension to its contract to host the Italian Grand Prix, pushing the deal from its previous 2012-end to 2016. The news comes after Bernie Ecclestone had openly discussed the possibility of the event moving to a street circuit around the city of the country’s capital, Rome. [...]
Drivers Protest Over Grid Access Refusal For Physiotherapists
When Martin Brundle took to the grid this morning for his inaugural grid-walk of 2010, the former driver warned viewers that there would be very few drivers lurking about. Brundle went on to explain that in a strange decision by the powers-that-be, the physiotherapists who look after the drivers have had their access passes revoked. [...]
Bernie Ecclestone Suggests 20-Race Calendar For 2011
Bernie Ecclestone has suggested that next season’s schedule will see the circus decamp in twenty different locations, further adding to the calendar with the much anticipated Indian Grand Prix in New Delhi. When asked if the new race would be replacing any of the current stop-offs on the world championship tour, Ecclestone insisted that all [...]
Caption Contest: #101
The one-hundred-first photograph to feature in BlogF1’s caption contest. You know the drill, think of something funny and witty to say and leave it as a comment below. Here’s a shot of Bernie Ecclestone with Ferrari drivers Felipe Massa, Fernando Alonso and Giancarlo Fisichella at the team’s annual winter Wrooom event at Madonna di Campiglio [...]
Daily Debate: Is It Acceptable For Teams To Miss Races?
Up until very recently, missing a grand prix was considered to be one of Formula One’s greatest sins and frowned upon by the sport’s commercial rights holder, Bernie Ecclestone. The repercussions of such tardiness were often met with huge fines, and as teams that missed races in the past were usually doing so due to [...]
Teaching Ecclestone To Program The VCR
It may be the off-season for Formula One, but currently there is a very important forum taking place in Monaco, and involving many key people from within the sport and the world of business, future possibilities and direction changes are being presented and discussed. While the Motor Sport Business Forum may not immediately sound like [...]
British Grand Prix To Remain At Silverstone
This morning the owners of Silverstone – the BRDC – confirmed that they have reached agreement with Bernie Ecclestone regarding the future of the British Grand Prix. After months of negotiations, the Northamptonshire circuit will host the race for the next 17 years, taking over the deal that had initially been signed by Donington Park. [...]
There’s Always Something Going On, It’s Never Peaceful
Controversy is a given in any sport, and although not always welcome, should be considered an inevitability when people are competing for the same thing and adhering to the same set of rules. Sometimes the controversy is trivial and inconsequential, other times it erupts in to an issue that engulfs the sport, takes away from [...]
