Budget cap alone cut cost – Todt FIA President Jean Todt says that a budget cap alone cannot be relied on to bring down the cost of the sport. Though the sports owners Liberty Media want to bring in a cost cap, Todt believes that it would be wrong for the sport to rely on
The former Formula One driver Daniel ‘Dan’ Gurney has died aged eighty six. The American was the first driver to spray champagne on the podium and the first to wear a full face helmet. Gurney was part of a golden generation of drivers during the 1960’s, taking the first win for Porsche and being the
The former Williams driver Patrick Neve has died aged sixty-seven on Monday. The Belgian was the team’s first Grand Prix winner and was seen by some as the natural successor to Jacky Ickx. Born Patrick Marie Ghislain Pierre Simon Stanislas Neve de Mevergnies in 1949, the Belgian gave up his privileged background to work at
Bernard Charles Ecclestone was born in October 1930 in Bungay, Suffolk. His humbled beginnings a son of a fisherman, living poverty for much of his childhood but it was clear when he was young he had the potential to make money. Aged eight Ecclestone, moved to London and left school aged of sixteen. During his
Jochen Rindt is Formal Ones only posthumous world champion after he was killed in a race at Monza before he was officially world champion at the following race because no one could catch him in the championship. Rindt was born in Mainz, Germany during the Second World War which claimed the lives of both his
