Great piece by Mr Cooper!... New F1 rules have created a “total farce,” says Ecclestone Bernie Ecclestone has done little to reassure fans who harbour doubts about the new F1 rules by branding this week’s testing in Jerez as a “total farce.” Ecclestone has long made his feelings about the rule change clear, especially with regard to the noise made by the engines. At the end of last season he told this writer: “I still think what we’ve got now is good, I don’t think there was any need to change it. What concerns me is not so much the TV audience, but the people who come to the races. They love the noise, it’s what they like, because it’s different. So I’m hoping that we won’t lose people coming to the races.” Having followed progress in Jerez this week the man charged with the job of promoting the sport has been even more vocal. “Look at the last few days. I said it was going to be like this – a total farce,” he told today’s Daily Mail. “They [the FIA and the teams] insisted on these new engines. If they wanted to race like this they should go to Le Mans. “They talk about saving fuel. They don’t need these new engines to achieve that. They should get smaller motorhomes. Then they wouldn’t need so many trucks going all round Europe. Mercedes are taking 23 trucks with them everywhere. If they really wanted to save fuel they should stop that. “The whole thing with the new engines is totally absurd. People want noise – something special, that’s what F1 is all about – and now we have quiet engines and nobody on the track.” Ecclestone did at least acknowledge that the form book will be mixed up this year. “The good thing is that the season could be extremely interesting – really unpredictable, and that is the exciting thing.”
Posted on: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 10:30:57 +0000
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