F1 Insiders Est. 2012
F1’s sale totals a whopping £6 billion to the US media corporation, Liberty Media run by a man with a moustache not too dissimilar to a wild west oil tycoon. The sale has been made up in parts, the first instalment has now been paid up, the rest will come later on. One can only … Read more
It looks as if John Malone’s Liberty Media has made their first installment, kick starting their multi-billion-pound deal to buy CVC Partners’ controlling share in Formula 1 with the first 13% costing them 1 billion dollars. The deal reputed to take at least 6 months to complete and will see Liberty Media take a third of … Read more
F1 ring master Bernie Ecclestone has denied reports that the delaying of Halo’s introduction for 2017 is down to potential legal issues. These ‘potential’ legal issues could arise from a future accident where head injuries to the driver could occur. Bernie has stated that he is fully behind the postponement of halo’s introduction, and stated … Read more
On this day in F1… 20th July 2003 Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler BlackJack’sBriefs London introduced the Congestion Charge; Columbia was the last mission of the Space Shuttle; Netscape died as Mozilla was born; Serbia and Montenegro were officially founded; worldwide protests against the Iraq war; the last ‘real’ VW Beetle was manufactured, in Mexico; … Read more
The Imola management team have signed an agreement with commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone to run the Italian Grand Prix from as early as next year. The plans however must get approval from the national sporting authority. Whilst Imola have done their bit to get the deal done, Bernie has to wait for the Automobile … Read more
F1 could be stuck in political quagmire until 2020
The incredible start to HAAS season is no coincidence, extensive wind tunnel time in collaboration with Ferrari has aided the American outfit along with the latest 2016 Power Unit
Bernie Ecclestone insists that F1 would survive the loss of Italy from the calendar. Plus other F1 news
F1 farce as new qualifying plan hit by software problems Ecclestone has revealed that the introduction of a radical new elimination style qualifying format for the sport has been held up by computer programmers. “The new qualifying won’t happen because we can’t get everything together in time. It was going to come in at … Read more
Ricciardo loyalty to Redbull not enough After a 2015 season when Red Bull uncharacteristically stumbled, the upfront Australian is clear about how far loyalty extends in the pursuit of a title. “It’s one of those ones,” he begins, choosing his words carefully. “Of course there’s loyalty and that’s a big one and, sure, if I … Read more
