The 2011 Bahrain Grand Prix has been cancelled as a result of the unrest in the country. Efforts will be made to reschedule the race for later in the F1 season Bernie Ecclestone said the cancellation or not of this season’s F1 opener in Bahrain would be down to Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al […]
A Very Merry Red Bull Christmas
Cars UK wishes all our readers a very Merry Christmas. And even though we can’t send you all a Christmas card, share Red Bull’s amusing festive offering with us. Over the last couple of years we’ve featured Bernie Ecclestone’s Christmas Cards as our Christmas Day greeting to readers, as they’ve been by far the most […]
Hublot Watches: Ecclestone’s mugging turns a profit
Bernie Ecclestone – F1 Boss – has turned a photo of his beaten-up face in to an advert for Hublot watches. We’re sensitive souls here at Cars UK. So when F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone got mugged and beaten in London recently we didn’t make a song and dance of it. And nor did Bernie, despite […]
F1 Korean Grand Prix: Red Bull CGI Video
Red Bull has created a CGI video of the new F1 tack in Yeongam, South Korea, home of the first F1 Korean Grand Prix on 24th October. The F1 Circus gets bigger and bigger every year as Bernie Ecclestone continues his aim to host a Grand Prix in every country that can scrape together a […]
F1: Back in the U.S.A. 2012
Bernie Ecclestone has announced the return of the US F1 Grand Prix – at a purpose-built track in Austin, Texas. The Americans have never really fallen in love with Formula One in the way the rest of the world – and particularly the Europeans – have. They have plenty of race series of their own, […]
Silverstone unveils new F1 Circuit
Silverestone and the BRDC officially launched the new Silverstone F1 Grand Prix Circuit this week ahead of the British Grand Prix in July Bernie will be pleased It’s been a bit of a saga for Silverstone and the BRDC of late, with a backwards and forwards ‘will-they, won’t-they’ get to host the British Grand Prix […]
Saab Saga – Bernie Ecclestone and Genii withdraw
Genii Capital – together with Bernie Ecclestone – have withdrawn from the battle to buy Saab. Another day, another Saab Saga story. Yesterday was all about the ‘Have they – Haven’t they’ reached a deal between GM and Spyker. Bloomberg had reported earlier in the day that a deal was done and even came up […]
Bernie Ecclestone wants Saab – Spyker make new bid
Spyker has revised their offer for Saab after Genii Capital – backed by F1’s Bernie Ecclestone – submitted a last minute bid for the Swedish car maker. I think if we tried really hard we could be doing at least one story a day on the saga that is the sale of Saab by GM. […]
Merry Christmas Car(d)s!
This year for Christmas we feature Bernie Ecclestone’s personal Christmas card and a selection we’ve received from other car makers. Just like last year, we’ve chosen to use Bernie Ecclestone‘s personal Christmas card to headline our Yuletide good wishes to you, dear reader. Bernie likes to make an amusing point or two when he commissions […]
Silverstone gets British Grand Prix
It has been announced that Silverstone has signed a 17 year deal to host the F1 British Grand Prix. Now the farce that was the Donnington bid has been expunged, we’ve been waiting for confirmation that Bernie Ecclestone will take in to account more than just money and confirm that the British Grand Prix will survive. It seemed certain […]