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Power games set to dominate Formula One
Bernie Ecclestone has renewed his attack on FIA President Max Mosley and his governance of the sport's ruling body.

Presumably riled that Mosley became involved in the debate over commercial revenue, as well as sporting issues such as the 'medals' proposal, the Formula One Management CEO also slammed the FIA's new Formula 2 series as misguided.

"It was all done for the wrong reasons. He did this when he had a problem with his private life," Ecclestone, referring to Mosley and last year's sex scandal, told the Daily Express.

The FIA recently also intervened over the formation of cost-cutting rules, including regulating a test ban - an area not usually involving Mosley's Paris body.

Additionally, in seeking FIA approval for a change in the scoring system, Ecclestone's 'medals' idea was referred by Mosley to 'market research' rather than simply adopted.


"We don't want to ask the public what they think because, if we do we would have to ask the public about almost every little thing that is decided on," the 78-year-old billionaire said.

"The sporting regulations basically are what generate the income and we run the commercial business," he continued.

"The FIA should just be the police looking at the rules. The teams and us should be writing the technical and sporting regulations."

Ecclestone also hit back at Mosley's claim that the FIA could exist in the wake of a Formula One collapse, insisting that "without us there wouldn't be a FIA."

Source: GMM
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why doesn't he just fire him then?

 

I'll be pissed if the medal system passes. It's like Bernie WANTS to run F1 into the ground. If the medal system passes and the current scoring system is no more, I can absolutely, 100% guarantee that we will see the end of privateer teams. You can kiss Toyota, Toro Rosso, Force India, etc goodbye.

 

Agreed. Any point for these teams are super important. With the medals system going through, forget about those teams...

 

Mosley = FIA, promotes and governs everything motor racing.

Ecclestone = FOG (more specifically, FOM and FOA), besides, Bernie only owns 10% of Formula One Group. He manages commercial rights and media distribution of everything Formula One.