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Still claims that he did not pay a bribe

Bernie Ecclestone may be forced to step down from his role in Formula 1 if he is officially charged with bribery. German prosecutors have been investigating Ecclestone but have not officially charged him yet.  Ecclestone has been accused ...

In an interview with Reuters, Bernie Ecclestone has said that the New Jersey Grand Prix has been postponed until 2014 because the organizers need more time to prepare.  "They've run out of time. There's all sorts of things......

The organizers say that they will have the money by December

Bernie Ecclestone says that there will be no New Jersey Grand Prix on the 2014 schedule because the venue has failed to come up with the $100 million required to stage the race. However, the organizers claim that they will have the money before th...

Bernie Ecclestone supports the idea of holding a London Grand Prix in the future and says that he would give the event his financial backing. On Thursday evening, Santander Bank will unveil its idea for a London Grand Prix course during a promotio...

Ecclestone says that the money was to pay for blackmail

Bernie Ecclestone cannot stay out of the news. A Munich court has ruled that there is enough evidence to try Ecclestone on bribery and incitement to breach of trust charges. He is accused of bribing German banker Gerhard Gribkowsky with €33 m...

Former Formula 1 driver team owner and BBC F1 commentator Eddie Jordan broke the news yesterday that Lewis Hamilton will take Michael Schumacher's place next season at Mercedes GP.  "I believe Hamilton and Mercedes have alre...

Fans of racing often explain it to non-enthusiasts by saying that racing cars are a development platform for technology that will trickle down to production cars. While depending on the racing series the truth of this statement varies, in a new form ...

Ferraris continue to prove among most valuable cars to collectors

In a one-day auction in Phoenix, Arizona, RM Auctions sold $36.4 million in cars and eight cars sold for over $1 million. The best seller of the show was a 1960 Ferrari 250 GT Short Wheelbase Berlinetta 'Competizione' that went for $8.14 m...

Sebastian Loeb dominated this weekend’s Rally of Germany and secured its eighth consecutive win at the German rally. Always clear at the front the Citroen driver triumphed over his team-mate Dani Sordo with an advantage of 51 seconds. With his ...

You can not expect Toyota and Subaru to spend unknown billions of yen to develop the Toyota GT86 / Subaru BRZ and not develop variations on the platform. It appears that the first variation of the car will be a four-seat convertible version. A...