Former Formula 1 supremo, Bernie Ecclestone, has had his trial date set for 9 October 2023 following accusations of fraud. The Briton is accused of one count of fraud by false representation between 2013 and 2016, and he appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday. Ecclestone’s lawyers are defending him after allegations emerged that he
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Today is set to be the biggest day in the turbo-hybrid era of Formula 1, as the biggest scandal since ‘crashgate’ looks set to be officially announced. The FIA will be awarding teams with certificates of approval if they kept below the 2021 budget cap, with a mass of reports suggesting that Red Bull and Aston Martin won’t be
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Seemingly outgoing Haas driver Mick Schumacher is looking to be in a head-to-head fight with Formula 2 driver Logan Sargeant for Nicholas Latifi’s seat at Williams, as Williams boss Jost Capito revealed that the German “is an option” for 2023. The 23-year-old is looking set to get the axe from Haas at the end of the year,
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Sky Sports reporter, Ted Kravitz, does not believe we should expect to see too many shocks when the FIA deliver their certificates of compliance on Wednesday. A report last week indicated that Red Bull and Aston Martin had overspent on last year’s $145 million cost cap, and the report also suggested that the latter might
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has hit out at Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff, with the 79-year-old believing he still “hasn’t got over” the 2021 season finale. The comments from Marko follow reports that Red Bull are set to be severely punished for exceeding the 2021 budget cap of £114 million, with the FIA set to
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The Singapore Grand Prix was the Alpine F1 Team’s first double-retirement of the season, after Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon both suffered from what looks set to be a “similar” power unit failure. Whilst the race was already looking fairly miserable for Ocon after qualifying P18, Alonso had been having a brilliant weekend up to the
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Charles Leclerc has now dropped to 30th on the conversion rate table after another pole position went begging in Singapore. The Monegasque has taken 18 pole positions in his career, the first of which arrived at the 2019 Bahrain Grand Prix. An engine issue saw him finish third behind Sir Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas that
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Michael Schumacher’s 2003 title winning Ferrari, titled the 2003-GA, will be auctioned in Geneva, Switzerland on 9th November during Sotheby’s Luxury Week. The car in question, which is being auctioned, is the 229th on Ferrari’s build sheet, with the seven-time World Champion having claimed five of his six 2003 victories behind the wheel of it.
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Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, has revealed that Sir Lewis Hamilton recently told him he can race into his forties. The 37-year-old has been in Formula 1 since 2007, when he signed for McLaren, and he won his first title in his second year with the British side having agonisingly lost out by a single
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Daniel Ricciardo enjoyed his best result of the season so far at the returning Singapore Grand Prix last weekend, where he made an electric start to the damp Grand Prix at the Marina Bay Circuit. After what was looking set to be yet another disappointing GP after qualifying P16 (started P15 following a grid penalty
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