Bernie gives hints about Brawn, Hamilton

As reported on homeofsport Referring to Ferrari, which is yet to announce officially that its technical director is planning a ‘sabbatical’ or retirement, he said: “It will be a different team without Michael Schumacher and Ross Brawn.” Ecclestone also may have spoiled Ron Dennis’ schedule for the announcement of a teammate for 2007 McLaren driver [...]

Bad news is no star to replace Michael

As reported on TheStar.com The reason why Bernie Ecclestone and other members of the Formula One establishment keep saying they don’t think Michael Schumacher is really serious about retiring is because if Michael goes, they know the World Championship Grand Prix circuit will just about be devoid of star power. It is one interesting article [...]

McLaren hint at Hamilton bow

As reported on M&C Sport Lewis Hamilton, the highly-rated young British driver, could be set to make his competitive bow in Formula One after his McLaren team revealed they were considering handing him a race seat for the season’s final grand prix in Brazil. “Whether anything comes out of that to change our current thinking [...]

Bernie tells McLaren to sign Hamilton

As reported on homeofsport F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has joined Sir Frank Williams in urging McLaren to sign Lewis Hamilton to be Fernando Alonso’s teammate next year. “We need more fresh faces, Ron Dennis really should sign him up.” Now that the Supremo has spoken, I’ll say there is good chances of Hamilton driving for [...]

More transparency in F1

We have been very keenly following the comments on two posts, Alonso’s keen to spoil Schu’s retirement party and Poll: In Monaco qualifying, did Schumi stopped deliberately ?. And there are allegations and cross-allegations flying every where. The point that we saw in all the controversies was that there was no details available from FIA [...]

Ecclestone wants Schumacher to stay in F1

As reported on F1Racing.net Ecclestone would prefer to keep Schumacher for another year or two in Formula One. “I would prefer not to say goodbye,” he commented. “With his ability and his fitness Schumacher has at least two more years in him to race in Formula 1,” Ecclestone told Bild. Renault F1 team boss Flavio [...]

Indy signs contract for 2007 US GP

As reported on homeofsport Indianapolis officials and Bernie Ecclestone have penned a new one-year deal for a United States grand prix in 2007. The contract was signed on Wednesday for a race probably in mid-June, according to the Indianapolis Star newspaper, but the financial terms of the agreement were not known. Motor Speedway CEO Tony [...]

Sunday to be Hockenheim’s last

As reported on HomeofSport This weekend’s German grand prix is likely to be the last at Hockenheim. Circuit spokesman Hartmut Tesseraux told ‘dpa’ on Monday that he ‘assumes’ the race is to drop off Bernie Ecclestone’s 2007 calendar. With Spa Francorchamps to return and teams unwilling to travel to more than 18 venues each year, [...]

Ecclestone supports Shnaider

As reported on f1racing.net “When Jordan was for sale it was Shnaider who was the only one putting the money on the table to save the team,” Ecclestone told Autosprint. “If it wasn’t for his intervention, the team would have folded and there would have been only 18 cars in 2005. He represents a serious [...]

F1 supremo supports rival Silverstone plan

As reported on channel4.com Ex-Formula Three champion Harry Stiller is leading the opposition and claims to have the backing of Mr Ecclestone, who holds Formula One’s commercial rights and has been quoted as saying: “Harry’s trying to put something together to retain the British Grand Prix. Stiller has lined up Mr Ecclestone to become a [...]