We were just wondering where Bernie Ecclestone's latest pronouncement came from:"The bottom line is very simple," he added. "If you or I wanted to run an F1 team we wouldn't need to have to spend what they are at the moment. The trouble is the teams are basically run by technicians who really should be at home playing with their PlayStations rather than spending fortunes."
I guess he may have meant to say that teams are too enamored with toys or maybe he did really mean to call them videogame playing dweebs, we don't know.What do you think?
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i guess the subtext of that quote could be - "damn the fia for not writing decent regulations that keep people in check in the first place".
ReplyDeletemaybe a plan to switch to playstation racing to cut costs in 2018?
ReplyDeleteThe trouble with Bernie "paraphrased":
ReplyDelete"The bottom line is very simple," I say. "If you or I wanted to run F1 we wouldn't need to have to any common sense at the moment. The trouble is F1 is basically run by obesely-wealthy bureaucrats who really should be at home playing with themselves rather than making technical and rule decisions on matters which they know directly nothing about."
OK, so yeah, the F1 companies do spend a LOT of money, but my question is this:
ReplyDeleteOut of every dollar that comes into F1, how much does Bernie keep?
Seriously, I know that Ferrari & McLaren et al, although they spend a lot, they also MAKE a lot ... but they make less than Bernie.
If you want to keep the teams around Bernie, maybe YOU shold give them a little bit bigger slice of the pie.
Bernie would tell you he does not "keep" anything, he makes money for F1's shareholders...
ReplyDeleteTony Obama.
ReplyDeleteHe is seriously the grumpiest man in history!
ReplyDeleteIvan The Terrible was grumpier ...
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