Interlagos will sign F1 extension until 2020 reveals mayor
Next month signatures are set to be added to a new long-term contract for Interlagos’ Formula 1 race, Sao Paulo mayor Fernando Haddad claims. Recently, Formula 1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone warned that Brazil will be scratched from the calendar if organisers fail to upgrade the ageing Interlagos facilities. Mayor Haddad responded by insisting he [...]
Interlagos to stay on calendar as mayor promises revamp
The Brazilian Grand Prix is set to stay at Sao Paulo’s ramshackle but atmospheric Interlagos circuit after the city mayor assured Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone that it would be given a revamp. Ecclestone had said the only race in South America could switch to Rio de Janeiro but the 82-year-old told reporters at the [...]
Sao Paulo mayor denies Ecclestone threat to axe Interlagos
Sao Paulo’s mayor has dismissed reports that Formula 1′s chief executive Bernie Ecclestone is close to dropping Interlagos from the Formula 1 calendar after 2013. Ecclestone was quoted by O Estado de S.Paulo newspaper as saying the city will not be on the 2014 calendar because long-promised renovations to the ageing circuit were not done. But [...]
2013 season finale could be Interlagos’ last F1 race
Formula 1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone has revived threats to axe the Brazilian GP if organisers fail to urgently upgrade the ageing Interlagos circuit and facilities. Ecclestone told O Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper that the city’s November finale for the 2013 season could be its very last Grand Prix. “Interlagos’ promises to upgrade have not [...]
Ecclestone looks to switch from Interlagos to Rio
Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has admitted he is considering dropping Interlagos from the Formula 1 calendar. Early this week, we reported that Indycar driver Helio Castroneves had repeated rumours that “Formula 1 might move from Sao Paulo” to another Brazilian location. “Obviously it’s all about how much the promoters are willing to spend,” the [...]
Interlagos could lose Brazil GP says Castroneves
The Brazilian Grand Prix may be set to move away from Interlagos, it’s traditional home since 1990. Now the popular and traditional home of Brazil’s annual race, the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace is however regarded as perhaps the worst venue on the grid in terms of its ageing facilities. Now, rumours of a change of [...]
Race of the Year: Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos
Dec.23 (YallaF1.com) The last race of the season – the Brazilian Grand Prix – was in our books the best race of the year and served to crown a season of amazing races. There were more heart stopping moments, overtaking, crashes and incidents than ever before – involving all the top guns and thus fittingly [...]
Vettel frowns upon fans’ Bruno Senna abuse
Dec.6 (GMM) World champion Sebastian Vettel has distanced himself from a barrage of criticism directed at Williams driver Bruno Senna after the recent 2012 F1 championship finale in Brazil. It was contact with Brazilian Senna’s Williams that spun Vettel around on the first lap at Interlagos, and caused significant bodywork and exhaust damage that almost [...]
Briatore joins Montezemolo in criticising Schumacher
Dec.6 (GMM) Former team principal Flavio Briatore has joined Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo in criticising the way Michael Schumacher ended his Formula One career recently in Brazil. Despite winning five consecutive titles for Ferrari in his ultra-successful first career, Schumacher – driving for Mercedes – openly let his friend Sebastian Vettel overtake during the [...]