There are no doubts over Indian Grand prix in 2011, says Ecclestone

September 28th, 2009 LONDON - Bernie Ecclestone has reiterated that he will continue to run Formula One despite copping some criticism about how he has been handling the sport from Sir Martin Sorrell, a director of the company that owns the sport. Ecclestone, who owns the commercial rights to F1 through his company Formula One Management, said at the Singapore race that the comments were just sticks and stones and not the start of a campaign to oust him from his post, The Sun reports.

September 26th, 2009 SINGAPORE - Despite criticizing the World Motor Sport Council's verdict on former Renault team chief Flavio Briatore's lifetime ban from motor racing, Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has warned Briatore against challenging the verdict in civil courts as it would only make matters worse. "It would be stupid of Flavio to do that.

September 25th, 2009 SINGAPORE - Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has said that the World Motor Sport Council's verdict on former Renault team chief Flavio Briatore, who has been banned for fixing last year's Singapore Grand Prix, was too harsh. Briatore was banned indefinitely from all FIA-sanctioned events for his role in the fixing-scandal when driver Nelson Piquet Jnr was told to crash into a wall to bring out the safety car.

September 5th, 2009 PARIS - Motorsport's governing body FIA has asked Formula One team Renault to appear before a meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council to answer a series of charges. AN FIA statement said the meeting would be held September 21.

September 3rd, 2009 CHENNAI - The Formula One Indian Grand Prix is likely to be held at the fag end of the 2011 season provided the slot recommended by the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI) is accepted. According to Vicky Chandhok, chairman of FMSCIs international racing commission, the Indian GP is very much on and the track at Noida, near New Delhi, should be completed within 10 months after Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone lays the foundation stone in October this year.

September 1st, 2009 Ecclestone worried Renault may pull out of F1LONDON — Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone is worried Renault may pull out of the sport following accusations the team ordered a crash to help Fernando Alonso win a race. Renault's departure would be a blow to a sport that lost Honda after last year's championship and is set to lose BMW at the end of this season.

September 1st, 2009 LONDON - Bernie Ecclestone has admitted that Formula One had been rocked by race-fix fears. Motorsport chiefs have launched a probe into last year's Singapore Grand Prix after claims Nelson Piquet was ordered to crash by Renault, allowing team-mate Fernando Alonso to pull off a shock win, reports The Sun.

August 10th, 2009 LONDON - Ross Brawn is relishing the prospect of seeing former protege Michael Schumacher return to Formula One. The Brawn Grand Prix boss masterminded Schuey to seven world titles, two with Benetton and five with Ferrari, reports The Sun.

August 5th, 2009 LONDON - President and CEO of Formula One Administration, Bernie Ecclestone, has expressed confidence in seven-time Formula One (F1) world drivers' champion Michael Schumacher to provide Ferrari their first win of the season. The 40 year-old German is set to make a comeback into F1 racing for the European Grand Prix as a replacement for injured Ferrari driver Felipe Massa, who is recovering from serious head injuries sustained during the qualifying rounds of the Hungarian Grand Prix 11 days ago.

August 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - British Formula One racer Lewis Hamilton feels the heat and humdity in India will pose a challenge for the drivers in the proposed 2011 Indian Grand Prix. The 24-year-old, recounting his experience of driving in hot conditions, said they tend lose quite a few kilos.

July 7th, 2009 LONDON - Formula One commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone has claimed that there has been a "big misunderstanding" over his comments about Nazi dictator Hitler that appeared in the press over the weekend. Ecclestone had said that Hitler was a "man who could get things done" during an interview in which he expressed strong views on dictators.

July 6th, 2009 Ecclestone calls Hitler flap 'misunderstanding'BERLIN — Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone says the furor over his reported comment that Adolf Hitler got "things done" is a misunderstanding. The German daily newspaper Bild quoted Ecclestone in a story published Monday as saying that "this was all a big misunderstanding." The World Jewish Congress had called for Ecclestone to resign after his comments appeared in The Times of London on Saturday.

July 4th, 2009 Bulgaria hopes to secure F1 race in 2011SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgaria is hoping to strike a deal that would allow the Balkan country to host a Formula One grand prix in 2011. Representatives of the race organizing committee said they have received a formal invitation to the German Grand Prix on July 12 at the Nuerburgring, where they were to meet with F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone.

June 1st, 2009 BEIJING - The 2009 China Grand Prix has been cancelled because of the global outbreak of influenza A (H1N1), commonly known as swine flu, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has said. "Due to the ...

May 29th, 2009 Toyota plans to host 2010 Japanese Grand PrixTOKYO — Toyota-owned Fuji Speedway plans to host the 2010 Japanese Grand Prix, despite doubts over the Japanese auto maker's future in Formula One. "We are making plans to host the race next year," a Toyota spokeswoman said Friday.