Bruno Michel has revealed that Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore asked him to check Lewis Hamilton’s GP2 car following the Briton’s comeback win at the 2006 Turkish GP. The Frenchman was impressed with the champion’s performance, but two well-known figures in the paddock believed his GP2 car was not legal. Turkey 2006 is considered Hamilton’s … Read more
Lewis Hamilton will continue his career at Ferrari in 2025. Former Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone said he thinks the seven-time world champion’s decision is strange. “Lewis has made a strange transition,” Racingnews365 quotes Ecclestone. “Toto Wolff was very dependent on him and the two of them became close to each other for selfish reasons. … Read more
Former Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has pleaded guilty to fraud after failing to declare more than £400 million in trust fund accounts in Singapore. Last year, HM Revenue and Customs charged Ecclestone with deliberate failure to declare his overseas assets. Bernie denied the charges at a preliminary hearing but pleaded guilty to one count … Read more
British F1 pilot Lewis Hamilton Zdroj: SITA/AP/Frank Augstein LONDON – Former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has commented after 15 years on the controversial end of the 2008 season, at the end of which Lewis Hamilton became world champion for the first time. Ecclestone is convinced that he won the title wrongly and that it should … Read more
I don’t know, but I don’t think so. His disappointment is very big and understandable. I have seven titles as Michael Schumacher and it would be time for him to embark on his dream and start a business in the world, Ecclestone said in an interview with the Swiss newspaper Blick. He did not speak … Read more
Former Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has criticized the circumstances of the series’ controversial final grand prize in Abu Dhabi. – Photo: Antonin Vincent/LiveMedia / Shutterstock Editorial / Profimedia A decisive overtaking maneuver, after which Max Verstappen won the title of world champion. – He considers ridicule of how the team leaders tried to influence … Read more
Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, has admitted that he is in talks with Formula 1 to be able to contest an urban Grand Prix. “We are talking to F1 and they are very receptive,” Khan told the Evening Standard in an interview while watching the England-Croatia Euro Cup game on a giant screen in Trafalgar … Read more
The former head of his own team, Eddie Jordan, is confident that the contract between Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton will eventually be signed … Eddie Jordan: “All this talk is just to get attention. Obviously Mercedes doesn’t agree to the terms. I have heard that Lewis wants more than they are willing to pay, wants … Read more