i think it was his old carting number
Posted on 08/05/2009 7:57:45 PM PDT by Chode
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Bernie involved in bribery!!!
Say it ain’t so, not My hero...
/S
Wazup with Hamilton picking the #44?
?Months till He retires?
i think it was his old carting number
O.K. Thanks
Will it become Bernie’s World? A F1 ride! You can ride if you comply with ever changing rules and successfully move through the politics, all the while paying more money. The Real F1 Experience!
Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone will go on trial on bribery charges in Germany, probably in late April, a court said yesterday.
The Munich state court said it decided to send the 83-year-old Ecclestone to trial following his indictment last May. He faces charges of bribery and incitement to breach of trust connected with a US$45 million payment to a German banker, Gerhard Gribkowsky.
Dates for the trial have not been set, but proceedings are currently expected to start at the end of April, a court statement said.
Sentences in Germany for bribery range from three months to 10 years in prison.
Ecclestone's German lawyers, Sven Thomas and Norbert Scharf, said: "The alleged bribery did not happen. The accusations in the indictment based on Gribkowsky's statement are unfounded and do not … add up to a coherent picture."
Gribkowsky was convicted in 2012 of taking the payment from Ecclestone in connection with the sale of a stake in F1.
He was found guilty of corruption, tax evasion and breach of trust, and sentenced to 81/2 years in prison.
http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1407215/formula-one-boss-ecclestone-stand-trial-germany-bribery-charges
http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1407215/formula-one-boss-ecclestone-stand-trial-germany-bribery-charges
Bernie’s dirty. Look, this is my shocked face.
Haas interested in Formula 1 team: NASCAR Sprint Cup car owner Gene Haas has applied to own a Formula 1 team, Stewart-Haas Racing confirmed Thursday. A report on the German website auto motor und sport reported that Haas is one of three new applicants to field a Formula 1 team as soon as 2015. “We have responded to the FIA’s ‘call for expression of interest’ regarding a Formula One entry on behalf of Haas Racing Development,’’ co-owner Gene Haas said in a statement. “We respect the FIA’s evaluation process and will share more details in the coming weeks.” Haas is founder of Haas Automation, the largest CNC machine tool builder in the western world. The FIA issued its “call for expression of interest’’ in November. It’s a new selection process to identify a new team to compete in Formula 1 at the start of the 2015 or ‘16 season. Applicants had to file paperwork and submit an administrative fee of $5,000. Responses were due Jan. 3. The German website reported that Haas’ plans are to design a car in-house but to have it initially designed by Dallara. Ferrari would be the engine partner. Former Red Bull team manager Guenther Steiner would oversee the team.(Motor Racing Network)(1-16-2014)
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride...
now THAT is news...
interesting...
I'm thinking it would look like this.
LOL he is an absolute demon go kart racer though. Even with the weight handicap.
LOL, but he slipped into Hambone's McLaren here at he Glen and bettered his time even on a damp track... but he's too old to start F1 now anyway and he knows it
....??????...money talks, everyone else balks
...way too old
And He could do a Ride-a-long:
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Tony Stewart has a new pet. And for a guy who used to own a monkey, this one could be considered just as strange.
It’s a pig.
Yes, a pig. As in oink, oink. Not a huge pig, but still a pig.
The pig’s name?
“Porkchop — that’s his first and final warning,” Stewart told fans during a question-and-answer session Thursday night at Daytona International Speedway.
Porkchop, which Stewart got just prior to the season finale last year at Homestead, is three pounds and is expected to grow to 20-25 pounds.
“Believe it or not, it’s the easiest pet I’ve ever had in my life because they’re smarter than dogs and cleaner than dogs,” Stewart said. “They’re very smart. … The only thing I can’t get him to do is sleep until noon like I do.”
Having a pig has produced some awkward moments. Like when Stewart is enjoying pork products.
“The day after Thanksgiving, I had pork ribs for dinner and he’s sitting there with his nose in the air, and I’m sitting there trying to figure out if he’s thinking, ‘Man, that smells familiar’ or ‘It smells good,’” Stewart quipped.
with his nose in the air, and I’m sitting there trying to figure out if he’s thinking, ‘Man, that smells familiar’ or ‘It smells goodLOLOL!!!
Michael Schumacher stable, remains in induced coma: Michael Schumacher remains in stable condition following a skiing accident that left the Formula One great with severe head injuries and in a coma since Dec. 29, his manager said on Friday. The statement from manager Sabine Kehm does not mention the word “critical” for the first time in describing the condition of the seven-time world champion. Schumacher has been in an induced coma in a Grenoble hospital since the crash in the French Alps. “Michael’s family is very happy and confident with the work of the team of doctors treating Michael, and they trust them completely. Michael’s condition is still considered as stable,” Kehm said in an email.(USA Today)(1-18-2014)
i do not not see this ending well...
Ron Dennis back in charge
http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/19/mclaren-ron-dennis-back-group-ceo-official/
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