Tag: Formula 1

• Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 22:52 UTC

  Bernie Ecclestone arrested in Brazil for carrying handgun at airport

  

  Former Formula 1 car racing mogul Bernie Ecclestone has been arrested in Brazil for carrying a concealed weapon as he tried to board a flight bound for Switzerland, it was announced Thursday.

• Saturday, July 25th 2020 - 08:24 UTC

  F1 Grand Prix scraps this year the Americas and includes three European races

  

  The Grand’s Prix in the United States, Mexico, Brazil and Canada have been scrapped this year but three races in Europe have been added to the coronavirus-affected season, Formula One said on Friday.

• Thursday, April 30th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  F1 teams congratulate WW2 veteran on his 100th birthday; Captain Moore raised more than 29 million pounds for NHS

  

  Formula One teams and drivers have sent 100th birthday congratulations to Captain Tom Moore, the World War Two veteran whose own laps have raised more than 29 million pounds for Britain's National Health Service.

• Tuesday, June 25th 2019 - 08:35 UTC

  Bolsonaro supports Rio to host the F1 Grand Prix starting 2021; Sao Paulo refuses to yield

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday there is a “99% chance” that Rio de Janeiro will host Formula One's Brazilian Grand Prix starting in 2021 -- the latest in a battle with Sao Paulo, the current host city.

• Thursday, May 9th 2019 - 09:09 UTC

  Brazilian F1 Grand Prix will move from Sao Paulo to Rio do Janeiro in 2020

  

  The Brazilian Grand Prix will move next year to a new purpose-built circuit in Rio de Janeiro that could be named after Ayrton Senna, the country’s president revealed on Wednesday. Amid uncertainty over the long term future of the current event in Interlagos is Sao Paulo, Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro said that a switch of venues would happen in 2020 when the event moves to Rio.

• Monday, October 29th 2018 - 17:49 UTC

  Hamilton wins 2018 F1 title to match Fangio's feat in the 50s

  

  Briton Lewis Hamilton drove his Mercedes to a fourth-place finish Sunday at the Mexican Grand Prix, which was enough for him to secure his fifth Formula One drivers' championship and match Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio's achievement back in the 1950s.

• Friday, July 12th 2013 - 21:06 UTC

  Five-time champion Fangio Formula 1 Mercedes 196 auctioned for £ 19.6 million

  

  Automotive history was made at the Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale on Friday when the car that took five-time champion Juan Manuel Fangio to the second of his Formula 1 world titles achieved a record-breaking figure of £19,601,500 (US$29,650,095, €22,701,864).