As the sport noisily celebrates its 1,000th world championship race at Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix, the 88-year-old Briton — who once lambasted the current F1 engines as too quiet — spoke of a more silent future. “I think I’d have to say Formula E,” answered Ecclestone. He was, however, present at the 1950 British Grand Prix at Silverstone that launched the world championship, competing in a 500cc Formula Three race at the old airfield. The tally being celebrated includes 11 editions of the Indianapolis 500, as well as races run to Formula Two regulations. “I don’t know exactly how many.”In 1958 he entered the Monaco Grand Prix, without starting.

Source: The Express Tribune April 11, 2019 14:15 UTC