Bernie Ecclestone
Former Formula One boss, Bernie Ecclestone, leaves Westminster Magistrates Court, in London, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. Bernie Ecclestone has been charged with fraud by false representation over an alleged failure to declare £400 million of overseas assets to the Government. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Ex-Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone denies fraud charge

Aug. 22, 2022 06:16 AM EDT

FILE - Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone walks in the paddock during the first free practice at the Yas Marina racetrack in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Friday Nov. 23, 2018. British prosecutors say former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone will be charged with fraud by false representation following a government investigation into his overseas assets. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
Ex-F1 boss Ecclestone to be charged with fraud over assets

Jul. 11, 2022 09:25 AM EDT

FILE - Three-time world champion Formula One racer Nelson Piquet of Brazil attends the shooting of the Hungarian Television's Formula One magazine in Budapest, Hungary, July 23, 2015. Piquet apologized to Lewis Hamilton on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 saying the racial term he used about the Mercedes driver was “ill thought out” but was not meant to be offensive. The 69-year-old Brazilian has faced heavy criticism this week over comments he made in Portuguese last November on a podcast where he referred to Hamilton as “neguinho,” which means “little Black guy.” (Janos Marjai/MTI via AP, file)
Video shows Piquet adding homophobic slur against Hamilton

By Mauricio Savarese Jul. 01, 2022 01:03 PM EDT

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain wears a face covering during a press conference at the Silverstone race track in Silverstone, Thursday, June 30, 2022. The British F1 Grand Prix is held on Sunday July 3,2022. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Lewis Hamilton pushes back against 'old voices' over racism

Jun. 30, 2022 10:43 AM EDT

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain steers his car during the Azerbaijan Formula One Grand Prix at the Baku circuit, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Sunday, June 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Hamilton says "archaic mindsets" about color must change

By Jerome Pugmire Jun. 28, 2022 07:25 AM EDT

FILE - Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone stands at the starting grid prior to the start of the Azerbaijan Formula One Grand Prix at the city circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan, April 29, 2018. Ecclestone, who has family in Brazil, was arrested in the South American nation on May 25, 2022 for having a gun while boarding a plane, police said Thursday, May 26, 2022, and released on bail. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
Ecclestone arrested in Brazil for carrying pistol on plane

By Mauricio Savarese May. 26, 2022 10:04 AM EDT

FILE - Williams Team Principal Frank Williams in his team box during a practice session at the track in Montmelo just outside Barcelona, Spain, on May 7, 2010. Sir Frank Williams, the founder and former team principal of Williams Racing, has died. He was 79. Williams took his motor racing team from an empty carpet warehouse to the summit of Formula One, overseeing 114 victories, a combined 16 drivers' and constructors' world championships, while becoming the longest-serving team boss in the sport's history. (AP Photo/David Ramos, File)
Frank Williams, founder of Formula One team, dies at 79

Nov. 28, 2021 10:14 AM EST

Burglary gang who stole gems from Tamara Ecclestone jailed

Nov. 15, 2021 01:46 PM EST
LONDON (AP) — Members of a gang of international jewel thieves who stole millions in gems and other valuables from wealthy victims including Formula One...

Alpine skiing turns to former F1 boss Ecclestone for advice

By Eric Willemsen Oct. 22, 2021 03:58 PM EDT
SÖLDEN, Austria (AP) — The International Ski Federation is turning to Bernie Ecclestone for advice, hoping the former Formula 1 boss can do to Alpine skiing...

FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, former Formula One chief Max Mosley arrives at a Select Committee hearing on privacy and injunctions, in London. Former Formula One boss and privacy campaigner Max Mosley has died on Sunday May 23, aged 81, it is announced Monday May 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, FILE)
Max Mosley, racing boss who took on UK tabloids, dies at 81

By Steve Douglas And Jill Lawless May. 24, 2021 11:15 AM EDT

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain celebrates after winning the Formula One Portuguese Grand Prix at the Algarve International Circuit in Portimao, Portugal, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. (Rafael Marchante, Pool via AP)
Still rising: Lewis Hamilton makes F1 history with 92nd win

By Jerome Pugmire Oct. 25, 2020 08:20 PM EDT

Ex-Ferrari team boss Domenicali to be new Formula One CEO

Sep. 25, 2020 09:37 AM EDT
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Former Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali is replacing Chase Carey as president and CEO of Formula One from next year. ...

FILE - In this Thursday, April 16, 2015 file photo, Bernie Ecclestone, President and CEO of Formula One Management, left, talks to Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain ahead the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix at the Formula One Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has criticized “ignorant and uneducated” comments by former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone. Hamilton, a six-time world champion and the only Black driver in F1, was shocked by Ecclestone's claim during an interview with broadcaster CNN on Friday, June 26, 202 that “in lots of cases, Black people are more racist” than white people. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
Hamilton saddened and hurt by Ecclestone's racism comments

By Jerome Pugmire Jun. 27, 2020 09:02 AM EDT

FILE - In this file photo dated Sunday, May 27, 2012, Tamara Ecclestone attends the Formula One Grand Prix, at the Monaco racetrack, in Monaco. British police said Saturday Feb. 1, 2020, they have charged two people in connection with the December theft of millions of pounds' (dollars') worth of jewelry from the home of heiress Tamara Ecclestone. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, FILE)
2 charged in theft of rare jewelry from Formula 1 heiress

Feb. 01, 2020 06:20 AM EST

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 2, 2013 file photo, Tamara Ecclestone arrives for the World Premiere of the film Rush, at a central London cinema in Leicester Square. London police are investigating the theft of a large cache of “high value jewelry” reported stolen from the palatial home of heiress Tamara Ecclestone, the daughter of former Formula 1 chief Bernie Ecclestone. The Sun newspaper said the stolen jewelry was worth about 50 million pounds ($66 million) and included rings, earrings and a Cartier bangle Ecclestone received as a wedding present. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File)
Formula 1 heiress' jewel collection reported stolen in raid

Dec. 16, 2019 08:17 AM EST

Barcelona circuit needs new deal to keep F1 Spanish GP

By Joseph Wilson May. 10, 2019 01:38 PM EDT
MONTMELO, Spain (AP) — The director of the track that hosts the Spanish Grand Prix says the circuit's owners are seeking to strike a new deal with Formula One...

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany prepares for the first practice session of the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai on Friday, April 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Bottas, Vettel lead Chinese GP practice sessions

By Stephen Wade Apr. 11, 2019 11:49 PM EDT