Bernie Ecclestone hits back at Ferrari head by exposing the team’s ‘special deal’

About time someone had the courage to question Bernie's running of the sport....

 

Divide and conquer tactic being employed here me thinks.

 

But F1 would never think of manufacturing a win for Ferrari out of thin air, would they ? . Yeah, right.

Let's see, tarnish Ferrari's image and alienate the rest of the teams because you can't take criticism. Well done, Ace. Another reason for the manufacturers/teams to fold their tents. Can't wait to see where this leads.......

 

Whew, is there a small possibility that Bernie is slightly on edge?? Seems that Luca hit the bullseye

 

Yep. An effort to motivate the haters to join in his pathetic "exposure."

Go, Luca!

 

Yes it is true, due to the tough times and the continuing soap opera called F1, Bernie has lost his marbles and now he claims that Ferrari has them? What a scandal.

 

Divorce proceedings taking their toll?

 

LDM extorted money out of F1 and should be criminally investigated. LDM makes BE look like a saint.

 

Big time...he's ruining F1, and his medal idea proves that the troll has lost it. Bernie needs to go-now!!!!

FORZA LUCA!!!!

 

80 million additional reasons for Ferrari to never abandon F1 and play in the junior leagues of endurance racing.

 

Wrong, Bernie! I'll bet that what Canada was paying should have been quite enough; it's just that you've been forcing the other sites to pay too much! You need to roll back what you've been charging to what Canada was paying; maybe then you'd also get France, Germany and the U.S. back on the schedule!

 

Agreed in principle, but I'm wondering:

Lots of the money squeezed out of the race organizers goes straight into Bernie's (make that now Slavica's ) pocket. But a great part of it goes into the teams' pool to pay back at the end of the season based on the results (see the 80 million commentary regarding Ferrari). So:

It actually is in the teams' interest to have the greedy dwarf as their "tax collector" making the most cash for them. While they probably miss the US for its car market and some other places for their beauty or historic significance, in the end it matters little to them where the stage is. Each race nets the same amount of points, but the financial payback can be significantly higher.

So it is fun to beat up on Bernie, in essence he is just doing what the teams want him to do. If you hate his greed, don't forget to criticize the teams. Including Ferrari and LdM.

 

Like the Joker said: "If you're good at something...never do it for free."

...and Ferrari know what they're good at.

 

+1000!

 

It depends on what you consider 'a great part'. The teams had to threaten Bernie with pulling out for him to give 50% of the profit! Think of it this way, as things are now, Bernie makes the same profit as all the F1 teams on the grid combined. A ridiculous arrangement, IMO.

 

Hmm. Luca questions Bernie's business practices, and Bernie responds by claiming to have bribed Ferrari to break up the "break-away" series?

Doesn't that just make Luca's point?

And it doesn't look good for F1 if Bernie's been having to bribe Ferrari to stay with it.

So, Bernie, how much are you bribing McLaren to take a 100M "fine" and stick around?

 

The perhaps the first cracks in F1 are now showing. About bloody time. Best thing that could happen to racing in general is to have F1 just go away and die. The most absolutely irrelevant, corrupt and boring form of motorsport out there!

 

I was just going to say that, but you beat me to it

 

Atlanta Georgia = NASCAR Fan

 

Don't you love it when billionaires fight?
Or: "When thieves fall out".

 

I think its 50% of the GROSS ! Not Net.
And whats his overhead ?
Plane tickets, Caviar, Entourage ?
This is the thing that has always bothered me and I dont even play. I cant see how the teams can bear to think this is equitable. Ferrari apparently didnt and sold their competition down the river for a slightly larger slice. Shameful.
If Bernie is factual in saying the teams had access to the books and didnt look at them, to me it shows how simplistic and naive they are when compared to the financiers who own the show.( And tell me again why they are needed? ) Even with multimillion dollar budgets the teams still operate like Mom and Pops. And divided to boot.

Bernie has them and always will.

 

Is Bernie really spilling any beans here? Would the teams not already know what ferrari get in terms of "extra" cash? I thought this was a sticking point for may of the other teams in the past which was justified by Ferrari's "importance" and long term commitment to the sport.

 

Where is SRT MIKE? Looks like he was right on the Money as usual.

 

Yes, I think it's 50% gross, but it's still an absurd figure. And whatever Bernie's overhead is, it's miniscule compared to running an F1 team, I'm guessing.