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#1 AustinF1

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Posted 04 December 2014 - 19:34

New F1 chairman to 'marginalise' Ecclestone - reports

 

http://www.motorspor...estone-reports/



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#2 BRG

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Posted 04 December 2014 - 21:21

God, let's hope so.  Only a decade or so overdue.



#3 Red17

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Posted 04 December 2014 - 21:25

Will believe it when I see it.

 

My money is on the dwarf.


Edited by Red17, 04 December 2014 - 21:28.


#4 EthanM

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Posted 04 December 2014 - 21:28

Yeah, CVC never heard of that old adage about nuclear holocausts and cockroaches



#5 DrF

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Posted 04 December 2014 - 21:51

Private Equity is the scourge of the world

#6 Lotus53B

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Posted 04 December 2014 - 22:34

Will believe it when I see it.

 

My money is on the dwarf.

So is his.

And he has more



#7 Amphicar

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Posted 04 December 2014 - 22:39

Plenty of people have tried to get the better of Bernie Ecclestone over the years but most of them have come a poor second. Poor in every sense of that word.



#8 pdac

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Posted 04 December 2014 - 23:11

Bernie will just buy it back if he's threatened



#9 EthanM

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Posted 04 December 2014 - 23:18

Bernie will just buy it back if he's threatened

 

doubt he has the 10 billion it would cost, and at 84 doubt he can finance it



#10 ANF

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Posted 04 December 2014 - 23:24

The quoted article in the Financial Times: http://www.ft.com/cm...144feabdc0.html



#11 royalblue0

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Posted 05 December 2014 - 14:08

"In particular, Mr Mackenzie was worried about F1's digital, commercial and PR strategy," the Financial Times added, saying Ecclestone could be retained "in an honorary capacity".

"Mr Ecclestone said that was not a role he envisaged," Blitz noted

 

.What a very tactful way of putting it.   :rotfl:



#12 HoldenRT

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Posted 05 December 2014 - 14:17

Will believe it when I see it.

 

My money is on the dwarf.

 

lol, whatever happens.. it's only a matter of time until something changes.  He can't live forever and he isn't exactly a spring chicken.

 

He should be somewhere enjoying himself and relaxing but playing the F1/political game is his way of relaxing.  I guess compared to that, everything else in life would be boring.  But you can't live forever.  Regardless of how much money you have.
 



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Posted 05 December 2014 - 15:06

Will believe it when I see it.

 

My money is on the dwarf.

 

He's not a dwarf. 

He's a midget 



#14 FullThrottleF1

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Posted 05 December 2014 - 15:13

For Rial? That is Trulli amazing :-)



#15 4mula1

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Posted 05 December 2014 - 18:03

He's not a dwarf. 

He's a midget 

While malignant midget has great alliteration, malignant dwarf creates much more sinister images in my head.



#16 itsademo

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Posted 05 December 2014 - 18:28

be careful what you wish for, its still the same owners (investors) and they will still be looking for maximum returns on their investment just as any other investor demands in these unfettered capitalist times.

returns today not a business tomorrow is the tune business dances to and F1 is a business first, sport a very lowly second



#17 blackhand2010

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Posted 05 December 2014 - 20:50

*Idle Speculation*

I wonder how much fight Bernie has left in him?

It seems out of character for him to roll over into an honorary role, unless he really does realise his time is almost up...

 

Unless...

I recall some years ago there was some controversy when Bernie trademarked "GP1".

I wonder whether he might look to leave his role, use GP1 and any other cards he has in his pockets to destabilise F1 from the outside, and then launch an aggressive bid to buy and "save" F1.

Using someone else's money, of course...



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Posted 05 December 2014 - 21:13

While malignant midget has great alliteration, malignant dwarf creates much more sinister images in my head.

 

It's the nattering nabobs of negativism like you that got us into this mess!


Edited by Risil, 05 December 2014 - 21:13.


#19 turssi

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Posted 07 December 2014 - 14:38

What is the view of the FIA gnome on all this?

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#20 SophieB

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Posted 17 December 2014 - 08:25


bbsport_twitter_bigger.pngBBC Sport ‏@BBCSport  58m58 minutes ago

Former Diageo boss Paul Walsh rules himself out of the running to become F1's next chairman http://bbc.in/1zp1ypE 

 


The ex-Diageo boss met Ecclestone last Thursday and his decision to pull out of the running will be seen as a victory for the 84-year-old F1 ringmaster, who last week told the BBC that he saw F1 lawyer Sacha Woodward-Hill as a suitable replacement.
"She'd be a safe pair of hands," said Ecclestone of the general counsel to the Formula 1 group of companies - effectively its chief legal officer

 

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#21 ensign14

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Posted 17 December 2014 - 08:47

Times puts the blame on CVC - says they lacked the balls to replace Ecclestone entirely and Walsh wanted all the power or nothing. 



#22 Petroltorque

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Posted 18 December 2014 - 05:57

Walsh was right. He can't run the sport if his actions are being undermined by Ecclestone all the time. Look at how ineffective the FIA under Todt has become?

#23 Red17

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Posted 18 December 2014 - 18:33

My money is on the dwarf.

 

Told ya so.



#24 AustinF1

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Posted 18 December 2014 - 18:42

Yep. Bernie reinstated to F1 Board as CEO...CVC also adds di Montezemolo, Walsh...

 

http://motorsportsta...ernie-stays-on/



#25 Ross Stonefeld

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Posted 18 December 2014 - 18:43

Whatever happened to all that huge F1 news we were meant to get a few Wednesdays ago



#26 Nathan

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Posted 18 December 2014 - 19:01

It's hard to butcher the hen that keeps laying good eggs.



#27 Ross Stonefeld

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Posted 18 December 2014 - 19:04

You ever dealt with poultry? I get some wild turkey in my yard, not the kind you can drink. It's pretty cool to see. Surprisingly big too. But man, the amount of **** in my driveway...



#28 Fastcake

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Posted 18 December 2014 - 19:21

In other news, Bernie has sent out his Christmas cards...

 

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#29 metz

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Posted 18 December 2014 - 19:53

Same guys doing the same thing and wondering why it's not getting better.



#30 SophieB

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Posted 18 December 2014 - 20:21



In other news, Bernie has sent out his Christmas cards...

 

 

 

There's a message too:

 

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(Source: Formula Money ‏@FormulaMoney  5h

Bernie's 2014 Xmas card arrived in the post this morning. It's a good 'un... #F1)



#31 metz

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Posted 19 December 2014 - 15:39

Is there any significance to the name of the bank?

"Mandarin Oriental Munich"

I would expect so from Bernie.



#32 BRG

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Posted 19 December 2014 - 19:45

I don't mind him having his little joke.  It cost him $100 million so I hope he feels really Christmassy about it.

 

Looking forward to you putting your feet up in retirement in 2015, Bernie.  Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.  Except that it could.



#33 DrF

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Posted 19 December 2014 - 19:45

CVC can go **** themselves

#34 Jejking

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Posted 20 December 2014 - 21:13

CVC can go **** themselves

Bernie, is that you?

 

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