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Already well-known for his desire to broaden Formula 1’s scope in terms of the countries it visits, Bernie Ecclestone now appears keen to reach out to more culturally and ethnically diverse audiences.

Bernie Ecclestone says the later start times for races in the Far East and Australia have boosted television audiences threefold.

Bernie Ecclestone says the future of Formula 1’s North American grands prix depends on the teams’ willingness to accept more races.

On the eve of the Australian GP Bernie Ecclestone says F1’s 2010 regulations would include an Olympic-style medals system, with gold for first place. The driver with the most golds will win the championship.

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed the new ‘winner-takes-all’ scoring system will come into force in 2010, the BBC reported.

French authorities on Thursday announced they had selected in principle which circuit would host future French Grands Prix, a year after Magny Cours was dropped from the race calendar.

According to reports in Australia, a secret study has been completed that could see a new Formula One track built near Melbourne’s Avalon airport to the tune of 200 million Australian dollars.

The future of the Honda Formula 1 team is still up in the air, and the signs are once again pointing in the wrong direction for the hundreds of employees still drawing a paycheck from the company.

Bernie Ecclestone has given Sir Richard Branson’s 11th hour Honda rescue mission the thumbs up. The most powerful figure in Formula One is ready to roll out the red carpet for the entrepreneur and his £7billion Virgin Group.

McLaren and Ferrari, once the most bitter of Formula One rivals, are forging ever closer ties off the track as teams present a united front to the sport’s rulers.

Ferrari are adamant that the distribution of commercial revenue in Formula One remains a key area for revaluation in the future, despite criticisms directed at their president Luca di Montezemolo by the sport’s commercial boss Bernie Ecclestone Saturday morning.

The Guateng Motorsport Company was launched at Kyalami, South Africa, with the aim of securing major events - including Formula One - back to the former home of the South African Grand Prix.

As suggested by many, including Honda officials and F1 powerbrokers Bernie Ecclestone and Max Mosley, there is already interest in the Brackley based F1 Honda team that was put on the block Friday Japanese auto giant Honda.

Rumours suggest that the IndyCar Series could be eyeing the slot left vacant by F1’s decision to dump Canadian GP.

In what is surely the final death rattle for the Canadian Grand Prix Gérald Tremblay, Mayor of Montréal, has called Bernie Ecclestone’s demands “unreasonable.”

The Australian Formula One Grand Prix lost a record A$40 million ($26.7 million) in 2008, organizers said on Thursday.

Government officials from Montreal are due to attend a meeting with Bernie Ecclestone this week in an attempt to save the Canadian Grand Prix.

Follow along with me as I count the current open wheel racing series. (In no particular order)
1. Formula One. (except in North America, see post below)
2. GP2.
3. A1GP. (Assuming the series survives.)
4. SuperLeague Formula.
5. IndyCar, and it’s associated Indy Lights Series.
6. GP2 Asia.
7. Formula BMW, and Formula BMW Asia Pacific.
8. Formula Renault.
9. Formula V6.
10. And [...]

Well that does it then, Tony George’s dream of returning Formula One to Indianapolis Motor Speedway was, and will continue to be, a dream along the lines of Dorothy & Toto not being in Kansas any longer.
The World Motor Sport Council met in Paris today and decided to go ahead with a program that includes [...]

Those that follow Formula One with any regularity know without hesitation Bernie Ecclestone is a nitwit and isn’t afraid to parade that fact before the general public at the drop of a hat.
But even well known nitwits can outdo themselves, witness Bernie’s latest as he opines on London’s 2012 efforts to hold that years Summer [...]