News Details

Montezemolo a good front man for F1 says Ecclestone

Luca di Montezemolo was in the running to take the top job in formula one, Bernie Ecclestone has revealed. Long-time Ferrari president Montezemolo, 67, left the fabled Maranello marque late last year following a period of conflict with his successor Sergio Marchionne. He now heads Rome's 2024 Olympic bid as well as the Italian airline Alitalia, but F1 supremo Ecclestone told the Times newspaper that Montezemolo also would have made "a good front man" for formula one. "The problem would have been that he would have been up front but he is not a day-to-day, hands-on guy," said the 84-year-old Briton. "He is not going to go through piles of paper. Luca would have taken...
Full Story »
10y ago from GrandPrix.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Montezemolo ‘a good front man’ for F1 –...

Luca di Montezemolo was in the running to take the top job in formula...
10y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Ecclestone: Montezemolo a good front man for any sport

Long-time Ferrari president  Luca di Montezemolo was in the running to...
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Ecclestone: F1 is dangerous

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone believes that the sport is as safe as...
10y ago from PlanetF1.com

Ecclestone: Formula 1 is safe

Bernie Ecclestone has told Sky Sports News Formula 1 is safe - and that he...
10y ago from SkySports.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Chip Ganassi Racing lands new sponsor for Kyffin...

Chip Ganassi Racing has announced a new sponsor for the team’s #8 entry...

IndyCar announces independent officiating system

The NTT IndyCar Series announced on Thursday that it will implement a new...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Yohan Rossel and Nikolay Gryazin spearhead Lancia’s...

Team Lancia Corse HF has announced the 2025 WRC2 championship runners-up...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Another defensive injury increases January transfer...

Morning all. It's a bit mad to think that after spending so much during...
2h ago from Arseblog.com

Arsecast Extra Episode 671 – 15.12.2025

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and...
20h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Norris overlooked as Brundle reveals his standout driver of...

Lando Norris may have ended the season as Formula... Read More »
1h ago from F1i.com

Portuguese GP to return to F1 calendar in 2027

Portugal will return to the F1 calendar in 2027... Read More »
38m ago from BBC.co.uk

Former F1 star open to sensational return

Former Haas driver Romain Grosjean has spoken... Read More »
58m ago from GPFans.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.