2010 Michael Schumacher Merchandise

What next for Bernie and Max, F1 and FIA?

Posted on June 18, 2008 by F1Wolf

Bernie Ecclestone is definitelly not happy Max Mosley still heads the FIA. They may be old friends (if there is such thing as friends in F1) but where money talks bullshit walks. And so Bernie has opened his mouth. I was not paying much attention to details of his interview with The Times. Frankly I got tired of the whole Mosley thingy. But when F1Wolf reader nieuwe sent me the article by email I could not resist and read the whole thing.

Here are few quotes, some already widely discussed all over the F1 blogs, some not that much:

“To keep sponsors happy, we are trying to say we can’t break away. But it could well be that it will happen.”

“What the FIA doesn’t have, which is the most important thing for them, is an agreement with the teams they would have with the Concorde Agreement. There is no agreement between the teams and the FIA. There is a commercial agreement that has been signed by the teams and Formula One Management, so the teams can do what they like.”

“I am responsible to our investors who have an awful lot of money invested. And I am responsible to all the teams and manufacturers, who have an awful lot of money invested. Max is responsible to the people in wherever who have no money invested and nor has the FIA got money invested. All they’ve got is the money that comes from Formula One. If there was no Formula One, the FIA would be in serious trouble.”

“The thing that worries me is that the Jewish community controls an awful lot of the finance which comes into Formula One, directly or indirectly. They say the FIA shouldn’t let somebody like Max represent them.”

These may just mind games from Bernie but he may also be dead serious. At the end this issue touches the very part of Fomula 1 Ecclestone cares about the most – his own pocket !

In the meantime, the FIA president, Max Mosley seems to be doing, well, nothing

3 Responses to “What next for Bernie and Max, F1 and FIA?”

  1. zblkhwkNo Gravatar

    - 19th Jun, 08 10:06am

    sounds like Ecclestone is making a power play to gain more control and a bigger share of the F1 profits.

    Reply to this comment

    • F1WolfNo Gravatar (author comment)

      - 19th Jun, 08 11:06am

      well, that is what Mosley said in his letter before the confidence vote

      Reply to this comment

  2. NieuweNo Gravatar

    - 19th Jun, 08 02:06pm

    Anyone else think Eccelstone is to big for his own boots. Does he think F1 can’t work without him?

    Reply to this comment

Leave a Reply

  • Subscribe to F1Wolf

    Enter your email address:

  • Twitter Updates

  • 2010 F1 Car Launches

    Ferrari - Jan 28
    McLaren - Jan 29
    Sauber - Jan 31
    Renault - Jan 31
    Mercedes - Feb 1
    Toro Rosso - Feb 1
    Williams - Feb 1
    Virgin Racing - Feb 3 (virtual)
    Force India - Feb 9
    Red Bull - Feb 10
    Lotus - Feb 12
    Campos - TBA
    US F1 - TBA
  • 2010 F1 Winter Testing

    February 1 - 3, Valencia
    February 10 - 13, Jerez
    February 17 - 20, Jerez
    February 25 - 28, Barcelona
    Early February - Barber Motorsport Park, Alabama (USF1)
  • 2010 F1 Teams and Drivers

    Mercedes GP
    1. Nico Rosberg
    2. Michael Schumacher
    Engine - Mercedes

    Red Bull
    1. Sebastian Vettel
    2. Mark Webber
    Engine - Renault

    McLaren
    1. Jenson Button
    2. Lewis Hamilton
    Engine - Mercedes

    Ferrari
    1. Felipe Massa
    2. Fernando Alonso
    Engine - Ferrari

    Williams
    1. Rubens Barrichello
    2. Nico Hulkenberg
    Engine - Cosworth

    Renault
    1. Robert Kubica
    2. Vitaly Petrov
    Engine - Renault

    Toro Rosso
    1. Sebastien Buemi
    2. Jaime Alguersuari
    Engine - Ferrari

    Force India
    1. Adrian Sutil
    2. Vitantonio Liuzzi
    Engine - Mercedes

    USF1
    1. Jose Maria Lopez
    2. TBA
    Engine - Cosworth

    Campos META
    1. TBA
    2. Bruno Senna
    Engine - Cosworth

    Virgin Racing
    1. Timo Glock
    2. Lucas di Grassi
    Engine - Cosworth

    Lotus
    1. Jarno Trulli
    2. Heikki Kovalainen
    Engine - Cosworth

    Sauber
    1. Kamui Kobayashi
    2. Pedro de la Rosa
    Engine - Ferrari
  • 2010 F1 Calendar

    14 Mar – Bahrain
    28 Mar – Australia
    4 Apr – Malaysia
    18 Apr – China
    9 May – Spain
    16 May – Monaco
    30 May – Turkey
    13 Jun – Canada
    27 Jun – Europe (Valencia)
    11 Jul – Great Britain
    25 Jul – Germany
    1 Aug – Hungary
    29 Aug – Belgium
    12 Sep – Italy
    26 Sep – Singapore
    10 Oct – Japan
    24 Oct – Korea
    7 Nov – Brazil
    14 Nov – Abu Dhabi
  • Recent Posts

  • Social Networks

  • My Flickr Photos

  • Archives

© 2008 F1 Wolf. All rights reserved. ColorMatic Theme by Theme Wars.