Forbes says Schumacher highest-earning driver
Lewis Hamilton ranks 15th with his $30 million He may not have reprised his earlier successes since returning, but Michael Schumacher is still the highest-earning driver in formula one. That is the...
View ArticleGood and bad news for F1’s Vijay Mallya
Vijay Mallya, the owner and boss of the Force India team, had good and bad news on Thursday. The good news was that embarrassing protests planned for the Indian grand prix by grounded and unpaid staff...
View ArticleF1 ‘a bunch of politics’– Castroneves
“Every sport has politics, but it’s so bad.” Three-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves has slammed formula one for being “all politics”. “F1? It’s a bunch of politics,” he told Forbes magazine....
View ArticleAlonso best paid driver in motor sport – Forbes
Forbes said the Ferrari driver earns $30 million per year Fernando Alonso has emerged as clearly the highest earning driver in the entire world of motor racing. The authoritative business magazine...
View ArticleFormula E could snap up F1’s New York race
“We are working with New York” The new FIA-sanctioned electric single seater series Formula E could sweep in and snap up a New York street race. Series organiser Alejandro Agag told Forbes that talks...
View ArticleFIA to confirm Haas entry on Friday – Ecclestone
“The FIA has accepted him for sure” Gene Haas will hear some good news on Friday, F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone has revealed. After the Nascar team co-owner and Californian applied to enter a...
View ArticleBernie Ecclestone is planning to launch a ‘masters’ series for former F1 cars...
Ecclestone planning new F1 masters series With drivers like Nigel Mansell, Emerson Fittipaldi and Riccardo Patrese at the wheel, ‘GP Masters’ was launched in 2005 but it folded after only 2 races. Now,...
View ArticleF1 board admits Ecclestone reign ‘over’
Ecclestone era is “over” The criminal trial is only just beginning, but F1’s board has already conceded that the Bernie Ecclestone reign is at an end. The banker he allegedly bribed, Gerhard...
View ArticleF1 suffering global TV ratings decline – report
F1’s television ratings in key markets are strikingly down in 2014. Writing in the Spanish sports daily Marca, correspondent Miguel Sanz said the most worrying figures are coming out of Latin America,...
View ArticleF1 teams also battling to buy into sport
“Lawrence Stroll, of Tommy Hilfiger, who apparently has Ferrari on board Formula one teams may not just be competing for trophies and sponsors, according to a report by Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport....
View ArticleAzerbaijan, New Jersey next for F1 calendar – Ecclestone
With Mexico set to join the 2015 calendar, two more new grands prix should follow the year after. That is the news of F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone, even though on Thursday there was scepticism...
View ArticleEcclestone settled case for good of F1 – lawyer
Bernie Ecclestone ended his bribery trial with a record $100 million payment for the good of formula one. That is the claim of the F1 supremo’s lawyer Sven Thomas, who told Forbes he thinks the legal...
View Article2016 team Haas announces name tweak
The plans of F1’s newest team are marching on. Although it will only debut in 2016, the American outfit Haas Formula has announced a name tweak. The team is now called Haas F1 Team, with the...
View ArticleJapan and Russia races to start on time – Ecclestone
Bernie Ecclestone has ruled out moving the start time of Sunday’s Japanese grand prix. Shifting the 3pm start time forward by up to four hours has been under consideration, as the typhoon Phanfone...
View ArticleF1 to exceed 20 races as Madrid plans emerge
Plans are afoot for a F1 street race in the heart of Madrid, Spain’s El Confidencial reports. It is claimed Bernie Ecclestone is in talks with a group of Spanish businessmen who want the sport to race...
View ArticleEcclestone denies F1 heading to Madrid
Bernie Ecclestone has played down reports he is in advanced talks to bring formula one to the streets of Madrid. Spain’s El Confidencial claimed this week the F1 supremo is already in possession of a...
View ArticleEuropean Commission ‘looking into’ F1
Following British politician Anneliese Dodds’ recent letter The European Commission (EC) is now looking into potential anti-competition breaches within formula one, according to international media...
View ArticleLiberty to axe Ferraris $100 million bonus payment
Ferrari may lose some of its financial privileges under proposals being considered by F1’s incoming new owners, Liberty Media According to reports by Forbes, the plan is to change the way the sport’s...
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