the sale of F1

[KippaxNI]

Hi all, I only really took note of this over the weekend but it was said that Mr Ecclestone would be in talks this week re the sale of Formula 1. Has anyone heard who the talks are with? any rumours.........surely the Good Sheik would have an interest ...........

 

[mat]

Hi all, I only really took note of this over the weekend but it was said that Mr Ecclestone would be in talks this week re the sale of Formula 1. Has anyone heard who the talks are with? any rumours.........surely the Good Sheik would have an interest ...........

Liberty Media with to buy it. The sticking point is the current small man syndrome, tax dodger who wants to stay in his role to keep his sepp blatter like privileges. He was asked outright by Martin brundle yesterday and got the stare which made the ex F1 driver shit his pants and change the subject.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

I lost interest in F1 a long time ago. The competition is won and lost in the techy arena way before any petrol gets burned. It’s then a big parade with only which driver in the dominant team and the minor places to be sorted out on the track, even that is decided by pit stops, mechanical failures and crashes.

I don’t think the current owner has do anywhere near enough to keep it competitive and keep the driver skill element relevant.

 

[KippaxNI]

Cheers for that, I did notice the 'LOOK' LOL, none have the balls to call him out.....but then they like the cushy job .....

 

[TCIB]

It is a shit 'sport', i'd call the **** out, was a sport once, now a show of manufacturing technical excellence.

 

[law74]

You see better overtaking manoeuvres on any motorway just before rush hour, more entertainment as well

 

[Why Always Ste]

Bore fest... MotoGP is much more interesting as a race event.

 

[mat]

It is a shit 'sport', i'd call the **** out, was a sport once, now a show of manufacturing technical excellence.

With a bent as fuck prize money tally. Ferrari, in my mind are the rags of F1, get the biggest cut because they threaten to walk away every couple of years.

There's no real competition allowed. It's almost like cycles for engine manufacturers winning it. 7 years Mercedes, 7 years Renault, etc. Same two drivers competing in the same car whilst everyone else fights for scraps. Probably explains why Button is having a year out. If he was in the Mercedes rather than Hamilton he'd be on for another world title rather than having the equivalent of a tuk tuk failing him.

 

[SWP's back]

Fucking great sport. Not Mercedez fault the others haven't caught up since the introduction of the hybrid engines.

And it was always a road show of technical excellence. The difference right now is that one manufacturer is head and shoulders above the rest.

 

[Mike N]

As someone mentioned above, I lost interest in F1 years ago. Pity as I used to be quite into it. Wouldn't bother my backside to catch it now, bores me to death.