”The FIA … is impotent in its most urgent hour.”
British F1 journalists have attacked Jean Todt for not travelling to Bahrain for the sport’s highly controversial grand prix this weekend.
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Tag Archive: The Times
Apr 17
F1 journalists slam absent and ‘impotent’ Todt
Oct 12
Ecclestone agrees lower fee for 2016 Korea GP extension
Bernie Ecclestone agreed to reduce the race fee as he extended Korea’s grand prix contract through 2016, the AFP news agency reports.
F1′s annual trip since 2010 to Mokpo is among the most controversial and least popular on the calendar, but promoter Park Won-Hwa said on Friday a new contract has been signed. “We had to renegotiate with Mr Ecclestone and brought a few ideas and persuaded him that Korea cannot continue the event with such a big financial loss,” he said.
Oct 11
Korea among least-popular races on F1 calendar
Korea, among F1′s new breed of grands prix, is far from the most popular stop on the sport’s annual calendar.
Well-known British F1 photographer Darren Heath tweeted from the metropolis Seoul: “Fantastic 3 days. Early train to Mokpo tomorrow. “(It’s) like being in London then heading to Shetland for an F1 GP. Mad,” he concluded.
May 13
Spain, Spa, France, Canada and Russia – race rumours
Valencia will not be on next year’s F1 calendar, Bernie Ecclestone said on Saturday.
He confirmed that, starting in 2013, an annually alternating deal between the Spanish port city and Barcelona will begin. Barcelona, the scene of this weekend’s Spanish grand prix, will host the race in 2013, before Valencia returns to the schedule in 2014, the F1 chief executive told Reuters.
May 11
F1 must resolve Mercedes dispute for floatation
F1 needs to resolve its dispute with Mercedes before the sport’s multi-billion dollar floatation plans can go ahead.
That is the warning of the German team’s chief executive Nick Fry, as Mercedes refuses to sign up to the new Concorde Agreement because rival top teams Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull have been offered better deals.
May 07
Mercedes conducts F1 quit study – report
Mercedes is “on the verge” of quitting formula one.
That is the alarming claim of the London newspaper The Times, in an article written by its authoritative F1 correspondent Kevin Eason. Eason wrote that while rival top teams Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull will get to appoint directors once F1 is floated on the Singapore exchange, Mercedes has not been extended the same offer.
Apr 23
Pirelli making F1 a ‘show’ or a ‘lottery’?
Tyres. The political dramas aside, that word utterly dominated the Bahrain grand prix weekend.
Afterwards, Michael Schumacher admitted he was “unhappy” with the situation. “Sometimes we are driving only 60, 70 per cent through the corners,” he is quoted by Bild newspaper. Pirelli did not take the criticism lightly, insisting it has made Canada 2010-style, heavily degrading tyres to order, for the benefit of the ‘show’.
Apr 21
FOM boycotts Force India on Saturday – rumours
Rumours are swirling after qualifying in Bahrain that Force India was deliberately excluded from Saturday’s ‘world feed’ television coverage.
That coverage is controlled by Formula One Management, the sport’s Bernie Ecclestone-run company. F1 chief executive Ecclestone is believed to have been angry on Friday that Force India sat out the second practice session over security fears.
Apr 16
No one in F1 wants to go to Bahrain – journalist
No one in formula one really wants to go to Bahrain, according to the correspondent for The Times newspaper.
Kevin Eason has admitted he was harangued by the low-profile FIA president Jean Todt in Shanghai last weekend, after a series of articles criticising the decision to plough ahead with the grand prix.
Sep 25
Singapore fireworks as Massa shoves Hamilton
There was fireworks in the sky after the Singapore night race and then fireworks in the paddock between Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa.
Brazilian Massa, highly critical of Hamilton’s aggressive driving in the past, was annoyed with the McLaren driver after a qualifying incident and then enraged after the race.
Aug 27
Maldonado faces exclusion for Hamilton incident
Pastor Maldonado could be thrown out of the Belgian grand prix for an incident during qualifying at wet Spa-Francorchamps.
After the Williams driver collided lightly with Lewis Hamilton as the McLaren passed him at the end of Q2, Venezuelan rookie Maldonado crashed into his British rival as they then climbed the hill to Eau Rouge. “There should never be an incident after the red lights but unfortunately there was,” said Hamilton.
Feb 10
F1 world salutes injured Kubica at Jerez
‘Szybkiego powrotu do zdrowia Robert’
The ultra-competitive world of formula one pulled together on Thursday as one of the sport’s best drivers lay in hospital. Pole Robert Kubica would have returned to the track this week at Jerez, but an horror rally crash in Italy has left him in hospital with serious injuries and facing the prospect of a year on the sidelines.