SportsFilter (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ecclestone says Formula One will use a medals system next year to decide the title. "When asked if it was fair that someone who wins six races but doesn't finish any others beats someone who had finished every race in second place, Ecclestone replied: "He'll have to try harder next year."" Eddie Jordan remains unconvinced .
F1 Fanatic (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sidestepping blame for the dropping of the Canadian Grand Prix, Bernie Ecclestone insists governments did not do enough to save the Montreal race. Quoted by the French language La Presse, the F1 chief executive reportedly told Canadian radio that he made “great efforts” to keep the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve as an F1 venue in 2009 and [...]
F1Technical.net (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
It appears that Bernie Ecclestone's radical plan to replace the current points system with a medal system will not be introduced in 2009 after all. The governing body is far from enthusiastic on the proposed change. The FIA is also not convinced that the F1 teams are supporting idea of Ecclestone as the F1 supremo claimed yesterday.
Sports news (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
... in a race. The higher the position the more points - simple. However, the new medals idea, which Ecclestone is confident of introducing (subject to FIA approval) is an Olympic style gold, silver and bronze medal to those drivers who finish in first, second and third, leaving drivers who finish outside podium places with zilch. Ecclestone believes that this will encourage overtaking,...
www.OSIR.org.in (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Bernie Ecclestone believes his controversial medal system to decide the Formula One world drivers’ championship will be introduced next year. The Formula One chief said he expects his plan to be ratified at the next FIA World Motorsport Council Source: news.uk.msn.com Suvarnabhumi closure costing 3 bln baht per day - Bangkok Post(Bangkok Post.com) Board [...]
Daily Mail online | Sport (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
Bernie Ecclestone expects the FIA to rubber-stamp his plan to decide the F1 Drivers' Championship by medals at a meeting next month.
F1 Fanatic (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
“Bernie Ecclestone: King of Sport” is a revised and updated version of Terry Lovell’s biography of the man who has single-handedly shaped Formula 1 over the past three decades and more. Scarcely a week passes without us discussing Ecclestone’ latest move, whether it’s the dropping of a well-loved track from the F1 calendar, a new commercial [...]
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
Bernie Ecclestone believes his medal system to decide the Formula One world drivers' championship will be introduced next year.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Formula one teams were left baffled today by Bernie Ecclestone's claim that his controversial gold, silver and bronze medal system to decide the destiny of the formula one drivers' world championship will be ratified at next month's meeting of the FIA's world motorsport council. "It's going to happen. All the teams are happy," said Ecclestone, who is the formula one commercial rights...
F1Technical.net (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone insists that the idea of a medal system in the pinnacle of motorsport will be introduced by the 2009 season. With the introduction of the controversial system, the World Championship title will go to the driver with the most wins, unlike this season.
Daily Mail online | Sport (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Bad luck Lewis, but at least Stirling Moss would have won the world championship under Ecclestone's plans to change F1By Last updated at 2:51 AM on 28th November 2008So, Lewis Hamilton wouldn’t have won this year’s Formula One world championship if Bernie Ecclestone’s proposed medal meddling would have been in place. Rewriting history: Felipe Massa would have won this year's championship...
Daily Mail online | Sport (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
That year Alain Prost won the title by an impressive 16 points despite winning two races less than Ayrton Senna. And 20 or so years ago, this problem was all the rage – between 1976 and Prost’s 1989 win, the title was won nine times by drivers who would have had their hopes and dreams smashed to pieces by Ecclestone’s new plans.
Product Reviews Net (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
LG Electronics have signed a deal with F1’s Bernie Ecclestone, to become the official technology partner of Formula 1. The new five-year deal will see LG Electronics appear as the official time keeper, as well as provide data for broadcasts. From January 2009, LG will become the consumer electronics, data processor, and mobile phone for the [...]
Examiner (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone is confident his proposal for the world drivers' championship to be decided by gold medals awarded to race winners will be implemented next season.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
So Bernie Ecclestone, the formula one president, wants to scrap the points system and introduce an 'Olympic style' medal scheme — apparently oblivious to the fact that most of the Olympic events are the ultimate individual athletic test: who can run the fastest, jump the highest and throw the longest. Formula one, on the other hand, is an ultimately corporate exercise: whose team has the best...
