Ecclestone makes bid for historic Nurburgring 16 January, 2014 Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has put in a bid to buy the legendary yet financially troubled Nurburgring circuit, it was revealed on Wednesday. The race track has gone into administration after local politicians loaded it with debt equating to around 50 years worth of profit and the famed and feared track is now looking for a new owner. A source close to the procedure told Reuters that Ecclestone had submitted an offer for the circuit which at 20km is the world's longest race track but which has not hosted a Grand Prix since Niki Lauda crashed there in 1976. The adjacent modern F1 track, which is 5.1km in total, first...
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