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NEWS ABOUT: Formula One

Formula One stories: 13 news summaries

Racing Legend Schumacher
Will Return
for Ferrari

7-time F1 champ fills in for injured Massa

Jul 29, 09 12:55 PM CDT
(AP) - Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is making a comeback for Ferrari to replace injured driver Felipe Massa. Ferrari said today in a statement that the 40-year-old German had agreed to drive just until Massa's ready to return. "Though the Formula One chapter has long been closed for... More »

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auto racing • Formula One • Ferrari • Michael Schumacher • Felipe Massa

 Formula 1 
 Execs Floored 
 by Chief's 
 Hitler Praise 

Calls for boycott after Bernie Ecclestone hails Hitler for 'getting things done'

Jul 8, 09 4:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Executives from the firm that owns Formula One are scrambling to do damage control after their racing boss praised Adolf Hitler as a man who could "get things done." When told the World Jewish Congress was calling for his resignation, billionaire Bernie Ecclestone, 78, also said it was... More »

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Jews • Adolf Hitler • CVC • racing • Formula One • Nazi • Nazism • banking • anti-Semitism • Bernie Ecclestone • World Jewish Congress

(Newser) - The billionaire chief of Formula One racing admires Adolf Hitler, disses democracy, and applauds Margaret Thatcher—but slams the West for lacking cultural sensitivity. Hitler "could command a lot of people" and was "able to get things done," Bernie Ecclestone tells the Times of London. But... More »

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democracy • Adolf Hitler • Formula One • dictatorship • Bernie Ecclestone

 Honda Cuts F1 Racing Team 

Attempting to cut costs, Japan's No. 2 carmaker axes racing program

Dec 5, 08 11:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Honda, facing economic drag as the financial crisis sharply curtails demand for automobiles, is withdrawing from Formula 1 racing, at least until global markets turn the corner, the Guardian reports. Honda's CEO once pledged to spend “a trillion yen” to secure an F1 title, but shareholders have pressured the... More »

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Honda • auto racing • Formula One • auto industry • Japanese auto industry • supply and demand • financial crisis

Victorious Max Mosley Bares All

'Sex is funny' but tabloids are ravenous, says S&M-loving motorsport boss

Oct 20, 08 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - When a British tabloid exposed Max Mosley's predilection for rough sex under the headline "F1 Boss Has Sick Nazi Orgy With 5 Hookers," he surprised everyone by going to court—and winning a record $120,000 in damages. Now the head of world motorsport tells the Guardian that... More »

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privacy • Formula One • News of the World • sado-masochism • Max Mosley • FIA

 Mosley Wins Privacy Suit over 'Nazi' S&M Orgy

Formula 1 boss wins $120,000 in damages against tabloid

Jul 24, 08 6:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Max Mosley has won his lawsuit against a British tabloid for exposing a sadomasochistic orgy he took part in and falsely claiming it had Nazi overtones, reports the Guardian. In a landmark decision, the head of world motorsport was awarded $120,000 in damages—thought to be a record in... More »

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United Kingdom • privacy • Formula One • News of the World • News Corp • sado-masochism • Max Mosley • FIA • invasion of privacy

ANALYSIS

Mosley Bares Lurid Details in Hopes of Privacy

S&M trial entertaining, yes, but also a major salvo against tabloids

Jul 9, 08 7:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - The spanking and the alleged Nazi overtones might be entertaining, but the Max Mosley trial playing out in London could have huge implications for the rights of the media, writes John F. Burns in the New York Times. The Formula 1 chief's lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch's News of the World... More »

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United Kingdom • privacy • Formula One • News of the World • News Corp • sado-masochism • Max Mosley • FIA

MI5 Implicated
in F1 Chief's Nazi Orgy

Spy canned after wife is revealed as one
of Mosley's hookers

May 18, 08 2:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - A British spy is out of a job following his admission that his wife was one of the five prostitutes who participated in Max Mosley's Nazi-themed orgy, reports the Times of London. Worse yet, the wife was purportedly behind the camera, though MI5 yesterday denied Mosley's accusation that it set... More »

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prostitution • Formula One • Nazi • Britain • MI5 • prostitute • Max Mosley • Oswald Mosley

F1 Chief Loses Bid to Block
Nazi Orgy Video

Tabloid gets to re-post hooker spanking session with 'tea break'

Apr 9, 08 8:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Formula One president Max Mosley has lost his court battle to block a newspaper from hosting a video showing him cavorting with five prostitutes in a sadomasochistic scene with Nazi undertones. Mosley is suing the News of the World for breach of privacy, but a London judge ruled that, although... More »

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prostitution • United Kingdom • sex • Formula One • sado-masochism • Max Mosley • FIA

Formula One Boss Denies Nazi Theme
in Hooker Orgy

Mosley sues Brit newspaper over story

Apr 3, 08 2:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Formula One Racing chief Max Mosley has denied that the videotaped sado-masochistic orgy he participated in with five prostitutes was Nazi-themed. Mosley claims he spoke German during the orgy simply because several of the call-girls were German, not as a part of Nazi role playing, as the News of the ... More »

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sex scandal • Formula One • Nazi • Max Mosley • FIA

Formula One Chief Caught
in 'Nazi' Orgy

'Concentration camp' sex video sparks calls for Mosely's resignation

Mar 31, 08 6:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Formula One leader Max Mosely is being pressured to quit his post after a newspaper obtained video of the 67-year-old Brit in a Nazi-themed sex orgy with five prostitutes. The Oxford-educated multi-millionaire, whose father was a friend of Adolf Hitler, spoke German as he beat hookers dressed as concentration camp... More »

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Adolf Hitler • Formula One • concentration camp • Nazi • prostitute • sado-masochism • Max Mosley • Oswald Mosley • orgy • FIA

Racing Team Docked $100M in Spying Flap

McLaren stole data from rival Ferrari to improve own car

Sep 13, 07 6:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Formula One auto-racing team McLaren Mercedes was fined a record $100 million today for using information from rival Ferrari to improve its own cars, the New York Times reported. Though McLaren's drivers—who are at the top of the F1 standings—will keep their points and remain in competition, the... More »

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auto racing • Formula One • Ferrari • spying • McLaren

Formula One Ditches Indianapolis

Country's only F1 venue loses Grand Prix in contract dispute

Jul 13, 07 3:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Formula One racing will not return to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway next year. The final negotiation deadline for sanctioning fees came and went yesterday without an agreement, the Indianapolis Star reports, and both sides announced that they were nowhere near a final contract. The decision leaves the United States without... More »

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Indianapolis • Indy Racing • Formula One

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