News Details

Zetsche: I don't understand Ecclestone's sales pitch

Daimler chief executive Dieter Zetsche, whose dominant Mercedes Formula One team have been champions for the past two years, has taken issue with Bernie Ecclestone for talking down the sport only weeks before the start of the new season. Zetsche told reporters at a Mercedes E-class presentation at the former Portuguese Grand Prix circuit that he could not comprehend why Ecclestone would make such comments. 'At the Geneva Motor Show I was not going on the stage to say I would never drive a Mercedes and customers should better not do it,' he said. 'I don't understand how someone who is not only the CEO but partial owner of that product talks that way about this product,' added the...
Full Story »
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Mercedes hidden secrets

Let's get right into this, The main talking point of car was the part of...
10y ago from F1.co.uk

Rosberg: Mercedes data says 'close' Ferrari could be...

Nico Rosberg says data that his Mercedes team has gathered from pre-season...
10y ago from Motorsport.com

Todt: Ecclestone must stop saying F1 is sh*t

FIA president Jean Todt has urged Bernie Ecclestone to stop criticising...
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Mercedes: It’s all working to plan

Productive opening day at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya as Lewis...
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Jonathan Rea explains why ‘mental management’ will...

Jonathan Rea believes Toprak Razgatlioglu's chances of success in MotoGP...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Kalle Rovanpera returns to WRC with Subaru

Double WRC Champion Kalle Rovanpera is set to return to the WRC next year...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

‘Like a ball of poison’: Mikel Arteta admits to...

t;li>Arteta claims defeat will haunt him for ‘next 30...
28m ago from TheGuardian.com

Mikel Arteta provides fitness update on 3 Arsenal...

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has provided a fitness update on Noni Madueke,...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'Really good news' – Mikel Arteta provides...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has provided a positive injury update on Noni...
8h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Carabao Cup final pain will only make Arsenal better,...

Arsenal must learn the lessons from their Carabao Cup final loss to Man...
7h ago from SkySports.com

Comments

Hottest News

FIA approve new race after F1 cancellations

The FIA have announced a change in one of their... Read More »
6h ago from GPFans.com

'Don't f*** it up' - Fernando Alonso replacement's F1...

It was April 2016 and Stoffel Vandoorne was about... Read More »
1h 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.