A billionarre above 80 years of age doesn’t need to color his speech to be polite.
He runs the sport, so judge the results.
I concur that too many teams running too slowly is perhaps not a good thing.
He doesn’t want Austria for reasons that are known.
He’ll be gone in a few years, and hopefully the sport will be in good shape. I think it is in good shape today, under his direction.
nobody is over 107% so they aren't running that slow, and why doesn't he want Austria??? going GREEN is NOT a good direction to go nor is pushing 4cylinder engines like he did, six is bad enough
if they had to phouk with the engine formula, which i DO NOT agree with, they should of left it with 8cylinders and lowered the displacement and i think even THAT would be a bad move...
3L is is about right, but that's just me
I can’t discuss some things at the level you guys do. I’m more a casual fan. My sons are much more up on the technical aspects. But....
I do despise Eccelstone. I’m saving up a really good vitamin-asparagus pee just for his grave.
There are a lot of things that have improved in F1 in the past few years. The DRS system has to be at the top of the list. Passing, once considered a lost art, is now a regular feature thanks to DRS. Tyre rules have brought back an element of strategy, and caused teams to concentrate on their pit stops. I don’t like the fuel rules; I think they over-reacted to the danger of pit fires. I believe refueling should be part of race strategy.
Some of the new tracks like Texas, Abu Dhabi and Singapore are terrific. Some places like Bahrain I can do without.
I like having more teams. It adds a challenge to the race. Sure, the HRT’s were little better than “fahrende Chicane” but I attended a USGP at Indy that featured six cars. More cars are better, trust me. Just because Narain Kartekeyan drove a crappy HRT doesn’t mean all back markers are bad drivers. Having a good ride also doesn’t automatically make you a good driver. Exhibit A: Pastor Maldonado, Exhibit B: Roman Grosjean. So I disagree with Bernie about the need for contraction, and have another reason to think about that piss stop on his resting place. Not that I’m storing it up in jars in the basement or anything...
How much of the good things in F1 are attributable to Bernie and how much he takes credit for the work of others, I don’t know. I do know the past two or three seasons have featured some of the best racing in decades. I do cringe any time anyone other than a toxic waste recycling center says they are “going green.” We’ll see what happens. I trust in the F1 engineers to work around whatever restrictions get in their way. It seems that whatever is left of drive, ambition and innovation in Europe found its way into F1.