Ecclestone: Propeller heads to blame for boring F1

If there has been one resounding message from the opening race of the F1 world championship in Bahrain it is that the hype may not have matched the action on track.
The regulation changes, new teams, star drivers and no less than four teams vying for the title made for terrific off-season reading and dreaming. [...]

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Chandhok relieves me as president of Ecclestone fan club

I have been accused of having or showing too much Bernie-love from time to time and that is probably a fair criticism of me if I’m honest. Bernie Ecclestone is indeed an enigma. Yes the F1 impresario is an object of insurmountable novelty, shrewd business acumen, and longevity. I’ve argued many times [...]

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FIA’s Craw: FIA will try to work with USF1

Speed TV ran a story today suggesting that USF1 is still plugging along with the goal of racing. It seems that on-air F1 commentator Bob Varsha, who we’ve interviewed a few times here at F1B, had a conversation with the chairman of the American delegation to the FIA and President of the FIA Senate, [...]

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Ecclestone: USF1 and Campos Meta won’t make it

The Times Ed Gorman had a story yesterday in which he quotes commercial rights boss Bernie Ecclestone as suggesting that two teams won’t make the grid in 2010 in Bahrain.

The Formula One commercial rights-holder revealed that he expects two of the four new teams with sanctioned grid slots for next season — Campos F1 and [...]

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Rookie-gate! Day 3

Everything in F1 has become a “gate” of some sort so sticking with that dog-eared, nonsensical phrase we here at F1B bring you “Rookie-gate”. Yes, the testing at Jerez has everyone on pins and needles and it couldn’t be more nail-bitingly exciting as to watch which rookie puts himself in the shop window with [...]

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