Former FIA president Max Mosley says that he warned the regulatory body against acquiring the stake in Formula 1's commercial rights that is now the center of a possible conflict of interest investigation by the European Commission.Liberty Media last month confirmed its intention to buy F1's parent company Delta Topco...

The appointment of Formula 1 commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone's successor will require agreement from the FIA, according to the governing body's president Jean Todt (with Ecclestone, above).Ecclestone, who is now 85, has previously said he is not interested in selling his 5.3% stake in F1 and is showing no...

The Haas Formula 1 team has yet to agree a commercial deal with Formula One Management (FOM), says its team boss Gunther Steiner.An agreement is required to commercially bind the team to F1, making it eligible to receive revenues from commercial rights holder FOM at the end of the season...

Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery has revealed his company's annual investment in Formula 1 is the equivalent of a team's budget.Hembery feels the Italian tire manufacturer's value to F1 is underestimated when it comes to the amount of money spent on not only developing the rubber, but also as a...

FIA president Jean Todt (LEFT) says he is "frustrated" by Formula 1's small teams complaining about their commercial terms having already signed up to them.Todt questioned why certain teams complain about the distribution of income in Formula 1, given they have all agreed the current deals with the commercial rights...

Lotus owner Gerard Lopez is confident Formula 1's cost crisis can be sorted out without a need for the small teams to do anything 'drastic'.Amid mounting frustration over the financial situation in F1, the smaller teams deliberately stirred up talk of a potential race boycott at Austin - even though...

Formula 1 commercial chieftain Bernie Ecclestone will stand trial in Germany amid allegations of bribery relating to the sale of the sport's commercial rights in 2006, court officials stated on Thursday.Ecclestone was indicted last July in connection to an alleged 45 million euro [$61m] bribe that he paid to German...

German prosecutors have delayed until next year a decision on whether to try Formula 1 commercial boss Bernie Ecclestone on bribery charges, it was announced on Friday.Ecclestone was indicted in July on charges that relate to the sale of F1 to CVC in 2005. German banker Gerhard Gribkowsky was jailed...

Formula 1 commercial rights boss Bernie Ecclestone has been formally indicted by German prosecutors investigating allegations of bribery.The charges relate to Ecclestone's role in the sale of F1 to CVC in 2005, and come in the wake of the sentencing of German banker Gerhard Gribkowsky, who was given eight and...