“He has every right to his job and he does it very well.”
FIA president Jean Todt has backed Bernie Ecclestone, as German prosecutors prepare to charge the F1 chief executive for corruption.
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Tag Archive: Paul Stoddart
May 31
Todt backs Ecclestone amid corruption charge
Mar 14
F1 owner CVC ‘milking’ money from sport – Fernley
Force India has lashed out at F1′s owner CVC, accusing the private equity firm of not being interested in developing the sport.
The financial news agency Bloomberg quoted deputy team boss Bob Fernley as saying new deals that give more money and power to the bigger teams are a “disaster”. “CVC is not interested in developing the sport, it’s interested in making as much money as possible and then selling it,” he said.
Jul 01
Experts say Ferrari no longer in charge of F1
The days are over when Ferrari is seen to enjoy a position of privilege in formula one.
That is the belief of two highly experienced F1 paddock veterans; the Brazilian journalist Livio Oricchio, and Red Bull’s technical boss Adrian Newey. The former, who writes for the O Estado de S.Paulo newspaper, said Pirelli’s choice of tyre compound for next weekend’s British grand prix is proof Ferrari can no longer overtly exert its influence.
Nov 01
Briatore blocked Kovalainen debut in 2004, 2005 – report
He split with Briatore after last year’s crashgate scandal
Flavio Briatore twice blocked Heikki Kovalainen’s formula one race debut, according to a Finnish report. The Turun Sanomat newspaper said the 29-year-old, who in 2010 is contesting his fourth season with a third separate team, could have made his debut in 2004.
Oct 19
Female DTM driver Stoddart wants F1 test
“I dream about formula one” – Stoddart
Susie Stoddart has revealed she would like a formula one team to give her the opportunity of a proper track test. The 27-year-old Scottish driver, whose partner is the Williams co-owner Christian ‘Toto’ Wolff, currently races a Mercedes in the German touring car series DTM.
Rumours that the Faenza based formula one team Toro Rosso is for sale are gathering pace. Last week, we reported speculation that Red Bull mogul Dietrich Mateschitz wants to sell his second F1 outfit. Aug 09
Webber kept Indycar leader Power’s racing dream alive
Mark Webber helped keep a fellow Australian’s racing career alive.
29-year-old Will Power, who tested a Minardi late in 2004, hit had hit rock-bottom earlier that year. He met the then Jaguar driver Webber at Silverstone in 2004, where Power was sitting out the British F3 race after running out of sponsorship money.
Nico Rosberg tried to check into his room at Melbourne’s Crown Casino this week only to find that it wasn’t ready. So he took about $100 to the casino and won $800 playing poker. 
Mar 01
New Lotus car worse than Minardi – Kovalainen
Lotus’ “biggest problem” currently is aerodynamics.
Heikki Kovalainen has admitted that his new car, the Lotus T127, is worse than the Minardi he tested more than six years ago. Minardi chief Paul Stoddart gave the then 22-year-old Finn a two-day test at Vallelunga in late 2003 and nearly signed him to race.
Christian Klien on Tuesday drove last year’s BMW-Sauber down the main road of the town of Kinglake. 
Sir Jackie Stewart does not expect the beleaguered Honda team to be rescued ahead of the looming 2009 season. 
Paul Stoddart, the previous owner of the team now known as Toro Rosso, believes Sebastian Vettel’s Monza victory was not a win for the argument in favour of allowing customer cars in F1. 
The pair share an acrimonious past after crossing swords politically, as Australian-born Stoddart ran the Minardi team between 2001 and until he sold out to Red Bull at the end of 2005. 
I guess one could qualify that opportunity as ”The thrill of a life time” for a young man who has been close to racing and speed almost all his life.