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From GMM, Updated (see below)
According to one rumour in Singapore, Bernie Ecclestone has cancelled an order for a new F1 motor home that would have made its debut in 2014.
"Is it because he can still use the old one," wondered the German-language Speed Week, "or because he knows he will no longer need one at all in 2014?"
Understandably, the news about the F1 chief executive's motor home is being tied up with speculation about his future, amid a looming German court battle that could even see the 82-year-old Ecclestone jailed.
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo thinks that, with F1 facing the future without Ecclestone, the time is right to start planning.
"We will need to rethink everything, with a structure that provides for a head of administration and finance, a commercial director and a number 1 for technical matters," he told La Gazzetta dello Sport this week.
"The work can no longer be centralised around just one man."
UPDATE
The Munich court announced on Friday that Bernie Ecclestone will not be in a German court on his bribery charges this year.
Previously, the court had said a decision about whether there would be a trial for the F1 chief executive would be made by mid-September.
But on Friday, the prosecutors said in a statement that they are waiting for additional responses from Ecclestone's lawyers, wire services including AP and Reuters reported.
The statement also said the panel of judges is set to be changed, so a decision "can no longer be expected this year".
According to one rumour in Singapore, Bernie Ecclestone has cancelled an order for a new F1 motor home that would have made its debut in 2014.
"Is it because he can still use the old one," wondered the German-language Speed Week, "or because he knows he will no longer need one at all in 2014?"
Understandably, the news about the F1 chief executive's motor home is being tied up with speculation about his future, amid a looming German court battle that could even see the 82-year-old Ecclestone jailed.
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo thinks that, with F1 facing the future without Ecclestone, the time is right to start planning.
"We will need to rethink everything, with a structure that provides for a head of administration and finance, a commercial director and a number 1 for technical matters," he told La Gazzetta dello Sport this week.
"The work can no longer be centralised around just one man."
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| Luca di Montezemolo and Bernie Ecclestone. (Photo: WRi2) |
UPDATE
The Munich court announced on Friday that Bernie Ecclestone will not be in a German court on his bribery charges this year.
Previously, the court had said a decision about whether there would be a trial for the F1 chief executive would be made by mid-September.
But on Friday, the prosecutors said in a statement that they are waiting for additional responses from Ecclestone's lawyers, wire services including AP and Reuters reported.
The statement also said the panel of judges is set to be changed, so a decision "can no longer be expected this year".