Ecclestone: “I would not pay to go to F1 to watch’

Posted on 22-02-2016 at 12:05 by RubenPriest – 65 Comments”

And this is just the tip of the iceberg. In a new interview pulls Bernie again look gal open about the current state of affairs in the Formula 1.

Predictable, boring and not worth your money. That suggests Bernie Ecclestone in an interview that he had with the Daily Mail. Mercedes is according to the old boss at this moment too powerful during the races. Also, he shares a sneer to FIA president Jean Todt. The FIA boss would be too much pulling the strings want to have within the sport. Eccleston describes the current F1 management as a cartel.

Also retrieves the 85-year-old Briton his political love for Putin. According to Bernie would be Putin, the boss of Europe. “I don’t much like democracy,” says Bernie. To make races exciting to speak Ecclestone about a mixed starting grid. The qualification system must be in the basis remain the same, but with a different interpretation.

I would keep qualifying as it is. The guy who is quickest would still have his number or poles recorded for history. But then he could start, say, 10th based on his pole and where he stands in the championship. We are looking at exactly how we could do it.

A good idea? It is the second time in a short period of time that the Brit (negative) exhaust about Formula 1. On the question of whether he, with his estimated capital of two billion ever a track to itself will allow to mention, does the Brit with a firm no.