If the drivers were serious they would go on strike and not race @ Bahrain.
Make that 225m less already. Wonder how much they'll lose in the coming months with the current qualifying format?
My thought on this is that Bernie is decreasing the value of F1 to only swoop in and purchase it back at a reduced value.... just a thought.
Bernie claims there are TWO potential buyers who have agreed to an asking price, but has no idea whether CVC wants to sell. Doesn't sound very promising. Mark
In the last interview I saw with Bernie on TV he stated that there were two potential buyers for F1 who would pay the agreed amount, but the only problem was, CVC had no intention of selling F1 any time soon. He stated: "That's the problem at the moment....... You can't buy something that is not for sale!" He also stated that both prospective buyers were eager to keep him on to run things for them!
Whose sale price have they agreed to, Bernie's? That may be, but F1 is not Bernies to sell. So, they can agree all they want, it doesn't matter. So what's the point? Sounds to me like this is Bernie proclaiming that he has done everything he can to make F1 better. Effectively washing his hands and saying, "What more can I do, I brought two willing buyers to the table."
What they should do is refuse to go out for qualifying. Of course, Rosberg would sneak out at the last opportunity, post a single flying lap and be on pole.
Apparently there's two..... And one of those two is *Chinese* Those that want a spec series may just their wish! 'Careful what you wish for.....' And 'Better the devil you know.....' Cheers, Ian
I dont want spec and dont care who owns it. The drivers want 'reform' they have no idea what that might need to look like. Maybe the Chinese would be smart enough not to change qualifying just before a race!
Vegas baby!! --- Las Vegas has F1 contract, reveals Bernie Ecclestone | F1 News Part of the 'reform' movement I guess lol!
WTF?! Drop Monza & go to Vegas! I'm hoping he's just on one of his famous "windups" & isn't serious..... Cheers, Ian
Thanks for the letter from Charlie Whiting - Formula 1 drivers have an adequate say - FIA's Charlie Whiting - F1 - Autosport FIA Formula 1 race director Charlie Whiting feels the drivers have an "adequate" amount of forums at which to make their feelings known, despite recent dissatisfaction. In the past the drivers have often bemoaned the fact they have little say in the way F1 is run, and when they do speak out, their voices are often ignored. They have recently begun to make their feelings plain regarding a number of aspects of F1, escalating until last week an open letter from the Grand Prix Drivers' Association was issued complaining about the championship's "obsolete and ill-structured" governance. Suggested to Whiting prior to the letter's publication that F1 and its rule-making process require more input from the drivers, he replied: "I don't think it needs more, because they've got adequate. "They've got many, many chances to talk about the rules with us. I honestly don't see how they could have much more. "And of course, even at Formula 1 Commission level, there's nothing to stop a driver asking their team principal to put their point across because all the teams are on that Commission. "But by that time they have had lots of chances to give their view." ANALYSIS: Why F1 drivers have had enough Whiting cited "technical and sporting working group meetings" as events "technical and sporting working group meeting" as events "to which a driver is always invited". He added: "There is also a seat on the FIA Circuits Commission for a Formula 1 driver, but again attendance is not as high as one might like. "They do get an opportunity every race weekend [via the drivers' briefing] to sit and discuss whatever they want to. "We don't just talk about what's happened on the track today, they talk about all sorts of things. That's another perfect opportunity to discuss anything they wish. "And I'm always happy to talk to them. We had a meeting in Barcelona [at the second pre-season test] and as you know, quite a few drivers actually turned up for it, which was nice."
And yet only the other day Bernie was telling La Gazzetta dello Sport (From: 2016 F1: Ecclestone coy over Monza's F1 future :: PaddockTalk :: F1, Formula 1, NASCAR, IndyCar, MotoGP, Le Mans, And More! : "I think it (the race) will continue." "It is a fact that as men we are talking, although I don't know why Federico Bendinelli went as he was a smart person and we understood each other. "But in the end we will reach a favourable conclusion, I'm sure," the 85-year-old added. If "The Cathedral of Speed" is dropped in favour of "The Chapel of Tacky" then frankly, losing F1 from Terrestrial TV in the UK can't come soon enough!
