News Details

Ecclestone gives green light to Finland GP?

Finland could be the next new stop on the F1 calendar in the near future. That is the claim of the country's Ilta Sanomat newspaper, reporting that Bernie Ecclestone is not ruling out the concept of a street race in Helsinki. The report said the F1 supremo had talks during the Hungarian grand prix weekend recently with the former wife of Robert Lappalainen, who in the mid-90s promoted DTM races in the Finnish capital. "He (Ecclestone) would welcome the championship to Helsinki, and showed the green light to our plan," Marja-Leena Lappalainen confirmed. However, Helsinki mayor Jussi Pajunen said: "I have never been to a formula one race, but judging from what I saw on TV, that...
Full Story »
10y ago from GrandPrix.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

F1 supremo Ecclestone gives ‘green light’ to...

Finland could be the next new stop on the F1 calendar in the near future....
10y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Monza edges closer to new F1 deal

It looks like Monza will remain on the Formula 1 calendar for the...
10y ago from PlanetF1.com

Mercedes tech boss backs August F1 shutdown

Mercedes technical chief Paddy Lowe has backed Formula 1's now...
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Ron excited by potential of MP4-30

McLaren's MP4-30 will 'light up' on the track once Honda sort out...
10y ago from PlanetF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Race start times for 2026 IndyCar season announced

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced the race broadcast start times for...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Gregoire Munster confirmed for WRC Monte Carlo in...

The season opener marks a return to the event where Munster claimed his...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Report: Arsenal eyeing up a move for 20-year-old...

Arsenal are interested in signing Club Brugge midfielder Aleksandar...
36m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Years after snubbing transfer to Liverpool and...

German footballer Julian Draxler has opened up on his failed move to...
5h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Manchester United and Arsenal step up interest in...

Manchester United and Arsenal have stepped up their pursuit of Belgian...
5h ago from SportsKeeda.com

‘A quick learner’: how Declan Rice went from...

fielder will be part of the conversation for a Ballon d’Or if he...
5h ago from TheGuardian.com

Comments

Hottest News

Through one lens: Twelve photographs from the 2025 F1 season

From Melbourne to Abu Dhabi, Formula 1 moved fast... Read More »
36m ago from F1i.com

What was the best F1 grand prix of 2025?

It was a memorable 2025 of grand prix racing but... Read More »
2h ago from RacingNews365.com

F1 top 10 drivers of 2025 - Part 2

The RacingNews365 writing team concludes its look... Read More »
1h ago from RacingNews365.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.