Rome has agreed a deal with F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone to stage a Grand Prix in the Italian capital, organisers said today. Organiser Maurizio Flammini told the Italian media: “The agreement with Bernie Ecclestone to bring the Rome grand prix to life has already been done and signed. The city’s authorities have been making plans [...]

Formula One drivers could earn 25 points for a race win instead of 10 if a propsed rule change on the scoring system is agreed. The F1 Commission, which is chaired by F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, proposed the changes today (Thursday) and they will go before the FIA World Motor Sport Council for final approval [...]

After a prolonged period of uncertainty, the British Grand Prix has finally been saved, and will be held at Silverstone for the next 17 years. The future of the British Grand Prix was put in jeopardy when the deal to hold the race at Donington fell apart, after the circuit’s leasing company were unable to [...]

The managing director of Silverstone Holdings Richard Phillips has described the possible deal bringing the British Grand Prix to Silverstone in 2010 is very, very close. It is just as well that the deal is close, as recently Bernie Ecclestone said that Silverstone had to sign a contract by the 11th November, or the British [...]

Accelerating through the start finish line, dab on the brakes for the gentle left into the sweeping long right hairpin Estoril, accelerating right up the straight until the tight right hairpin Adelaide, g-forces jolting your neck forward. Accelerating out of the hairpin onto another straight, with the quick left right complex Nurburgring and tight hairpin [...]

Bernie Ecclestone has given Silverstone a final ultimatum to sign the contract for the 2010 British Grand Prix. The outline of the ultimatum is that if by the time the FIA World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) next meets in Paris on 11 December to ratify the 2010 calendar, Silverstone don’t have the contract signed, Ecclestone [...]

I think I have made an important medical discovery; Verbal Diarrhea is a genetic disorder. How have I come to this conclusion you ask. Well, I took the case study of a family named the Ecclestones and monitored their speech and it seems that the complete babble that comes out of their mouths runs in [...]

Red Bull‘s Mark Webber has said that holding the British Grand Prix at Silverstone next year is a total no-brainer. Bernie Ecclestone has given Silverstone a 2 day deadline for the circuit to sign a deal to bring the British Grand Prix there in 2010 following the failure of Donington Park to raise the funds [...]

Bernie Ecclestone has said Silverstone has two days to sign a contract to hold the British Grand Prix in 2010, meaning negotiations are now over. It was due to be held at Donington but the circuit could not raise the funds needed. Silverstone had previously wanted the ‘special rates’ given to traditional circuits, like Spa, [...]

President of Formula 1 Management Bernie Ecclestone has said that he would like 20 races on the F1 calendar in future. In this year’s 2009 season there was 17 races and in the 2010 season starting next March in Bahrain is set to have 19 races, including the inaugural Korean Grand Prix. On the subject, [...]