- 1. Official says new China GP deal \'likely\'
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Sezione: F1
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...deputy director of the Shanghai Administration of Sports, said recently an \"assessment\" is taking place as to whether the current contract will be renewed. F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone reacted by vowing to \"help\" China stay on the calendar. But Leon Sun, a high ranking official of the Shanghai race\'s organisers Juss Events, believes the meaning...
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Data: 2008-11-25
- 2. Bernie Ecclestone \'sure\' France facing F1 absence
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Sezione: F1
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Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed reports that France is likely to be missing from at least the next two formula one calendars. The F1 chief executive was responding to news that the prospective Disneyland Paris project pulled out for financial reasons. Asked by the French daily L\'Equipe if it means France will therefore be missing from the calendar both next...
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Data: 2008-11-24
- 3. Beltoise says Disneyland F1 demise \'good\'
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Sezione: F1
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...the project is good news because the investment can now be used for a true automotive stage that can be used all the year,\" said Beltoise. He said organisers of the Sarcelles project are \"in contact\" with F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone, who is interested in their plans. \"Now we are waiting. We will have an answer in a few weeks,\" he said.Source:...
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Data: 2008-11-22
- 4. Ecclestone\'s wife files for divorce
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Sezione: F1
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F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone\'s wife Slavica has confirmed she has filed for divorce. It emerged recently that 50-year-old Mrs Ecclestone, who married the British billionaire 24 years ago, moved out of their Kensington (UK) home while Bernie was in Brazil for the 2008 championship finale. Confirmation of their pending divorce is particularly...
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Data: 2008-11-21
- 5. Planning setback for Donington GP bid
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Sezione: F1
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...full environmental impact study. Should Donington receive the green light on January 27, organisers will have little more than a year to complete the work. F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone has said that if Donington is not ready for 2010, he will hand Britain\'s place on the formula one calendar to another country. A circuit spokesman, however, insisted...
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Data: 2008-11-20
- 6. Bernie Ecclestone says door open to Canada GP comeback
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Sezione: F1
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Bernie Ecclestone says the door has been left open to reinstating the Canadian grand prix on future formula one calendars. The sport\'s chief executive went on Montreal radio this week to address local anger about the axe of the annual and traditional race at the nearby Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. When negotiations recently broke down, organisers slammed...
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Data: 2008-11-20
- 7. Gold medals for F1 will be introduced
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Sezione: F1
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Bernie Ecclestone is confident his plan to replace the current points system with Olympic Games-style \'medals\' will be introduced in time for the 2009 season opener. The F1 chief executive revealed recently he wants the drivers on the podium to be presented gold, silver and bronze medals, rather than awarded ten, eight and six points respectively. The...
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Data: 2008-11-18
- 8. Ecclestone slammed as Canada GP rescue fails
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Sezione: F1
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Organisers of the axed Canadian grand prix have slammed F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone as \"unreasonable\" and \"unrealistic\", after their efforts to rescue the race for 2009 failed. In a statement and with a press conference on Sunday, they confirmed that Ecclestone turned down a package to reinstate the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on next year\'s...
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Data: 2008-11-17
- 9. Bernie Ecclestone keen to save Chinese GP
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Sezione: F1
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Bernie Ecclestone seems keen that China retains its grand prix beyond the looming expiry of its contract. An official of the loss-making event had said an \"assessment\" is taking place as to whether Shanghai will continue hosting formula one in 2011. But Ecclestone, F1\'s chief executive, said Chinese officials have requested a contract extension be sent....
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Data: 2008-11-17
- 10. Bernie Ecclestone vows to \'never\' retire
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Sezione: F1
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F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone insists he has no plans to retire -- ever. The 78-year-old billionaire, who shaped the modern commercial success of the sport and today remains in charge and a shareholder, told Gulf News he will keep working indefinitely. \"Never, never, never,\" he told the newspaper, when asked when he will hand over control to a...
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Data: 2008-11-15
- 11. Bernie Ecclestone headed for billion dollar divorce
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Sezione: F1
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Bernie Ecclestone\'s wife has moved out of their Kensington (UK) home, reports on Friday said. British newspapers including the Evening Standard and the Daily Mail claim the F1 chief executive could be facing a multi-billion dollar divorce, after Slavica Ecclestone moved into a flat overlooking the Thames owned by their daughter Petra. Their split and...
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Data: 2008-11-15
- 12. China may drop GP after 2010
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Sezione: F1
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...will be taken next year. \"We\'re doing the assessment. By next year we should be able to give you an answer,\" he told the AFP news agency. He did not seem keen to embrace Bernie Ecclestone\'s push for more night races in Asia. While admitting that Singapore\'s inaugural floodlit event in September was interesting, Qui insisted that \"we will decide based...
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Data: 2008-11-14
- 13. Canada GP bailout needed \'very soon\'
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Sezione: F1
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Even amid reports of efforts to raise millions to save the axed Canadian grand prix, a bailout needs to be finalised and presented to Bernie Ecclestone \"very soon\". \"I think we need an answer very soon,\" Montreal mayor Gerald Tremblay, central to any direct negotiations with the F1 chief executive, confirmed to the city\'s Gazzette newspaper. It emerged...
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Data: 2008-11-14
- 14. Ecclestone to see $10m Canada GP rescue plan
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Sezione: F1
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...Gilles Villeneuve. The newspaper said the proposal could generate up to $5 million per year. With the Quebec and Canadian governments each promising $2.5 million apiece, the grand prix bailout pool would therefore be set to double to $10m. The rescue plan will reportedly be presented to F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone in London next Thursday.Source:...
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Data: 2008-11-13
- 15. Meeting eases F1 'war' threat
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Sezione: F1
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The anger of formula one teams may have eased, following a meeting between Bernie Ecclestone's office and F1 team finance directors. It emerged this week that team bosses, stridently united within the new FOTA alliance, are unhappy about the debts and subsequent huge interest payments of the sport's owners, CVC. It was reported that their response might be...
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Data: 2008-11-12
- 16. 'Todt, Briatore, unlikely for FIA top job'
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Sezione: F1
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...course, this is only my personal assessment: but I do not think that Jean Todt is the right person to be FIA president," he said. "Todt definitely does not have the support of Bernie Ecclestone, and that is very important," said Novak, who earlier this year was caught up in a controversy for intimating that McLaren could have been involved with the Mosley...
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Data: 2008-11-11
- 17. F1 money wars set to explode
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Sezione: F1
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...newspaper said the more than $5 billion debts are requiring interest payments of more than $230m per year -- with the teams suspecting that the FIA are in cahoots with CVC and Bernie Ecclestone amid the latest push to radically slash costs. They are reportedly concerned that the annual debt payments total more than the commercial revenue they receive from...
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Data: 2008-11-11
- 18. Force India confirms McLaren-Mercedes deal
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Sezione: F1
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...our new technical partnership clearly underlines that we meant what we said," said team principal and co-owner Vijay Mallya. The Indian billionaire said the deal was personally assisted by F1 powerbrokers Bernie Ecclestone and Max Mosley. Powered by customer Ferrari engines, Force India was the only team that failed to score a single point in 2008.Source:...
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Data: 2008-11-11
- 19. Ecclestone not ruling out Glock race 'fix'
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Sezione: F1
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Bernie Ecclestone has played down the possibility that Timo Glock and Toyota were in cahoots in the decisive moments of McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton's championship victory in Brazil last Sunday. Because of the German's incredibly slow final tour of the wet Interlagos circuit, albeit as he struggled with dry tyres, conspiracy theories have raged that he...
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Data: 2008-11-07
- 20. Malaysian team eye GP2 Asia title
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Sezione: GP2 Series
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...successful teams in the sport and have proven that an Asian team have what it takes to challenge the supposed might of the European-based outfits. Team Director Firhat Mokzani said: "Bernie Ecclestone offered us the only Asian license for GP2 and we took up the challenge. Last year, we developed the very latest technology in a very short space of time to get...
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Data: 2008-11-06
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