#Bernie Ecclestone

The cars were painted in their national colours, and the closest to sponsorship was a small logo of companies that were suppliers of tires and fuel. Initially, advertising sponsorship was banned. However, in 1968, BP and Shell withdrew from Formula 1, and Firestone began charging for tires. In order to increase the income of the teams, advertising…

Another week, another (South) Africa F1 Grand Prix project; or two and maybe three: No sooner had plans to promote a 2023 South African Grand Prix at Kyalami collapsed acrimoniously over a lack of funding, no fewer than two alternate projects to stage a round in Africa's most southerly country emerge. Simultaneously, there is talk of possible…