Comments on: F1 links: “We could sue the arse off them”

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:42:56 +0000

What else can you say about Bernie? I believe he would destroy F1 before let it improve without him. Buy hey he is 78, let’s hope its alomost over.

By: DG

DG — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:04:19 +0000

I think Bernie means he wants the Manufacturers just to supply engines and gearboxes at a reasonable price, and not run teams, which is a way forward, as long as the other costs are low enough to encourage independant teams to participate.
This also has me thinking about the Bridgestone contract – will he ‘sue the arse’ off them if they don’t play his game?

By: Adrian

Adrian — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:44:35 +0000

One day we’ll wake up and Bernie will no longer be involved in F1, I only hope F1 survives long enough to see that happen.

By: Hazelio

Hazelio — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:45:00 +0000

Bernie Ecclestone, what a dick. I wish he’d stop mouthing off and get on with his damn job.

By: Arthur954

Arthur954 — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:14:28 +0000

Every time Bernie speaks, he has something cruel to say of someone or something. The worst this time is about Honda : those hundreds of people that might lose their jobs and that have put money into his pockets with their talent are dismissed with a “who are they – do they make lawnmowers ?” and then wishing he could sue them. Aside from being mean, this is not good business practice at all. With gentlemanliness and good taste you make more money. F1 would be be better off without Bernie : he runs things in a tacky and tasteless way, with no respect for the beautiful traditions in choice of venues, track design, and many other aspects.
I am new to the world of F1 so I am still very surprised by the fact that all parties involved consider him so indispensable. What really scares me is that he lures the teams into a new long term contract. The FIA and the teams should, by now, have studied an alternative structure and be imagining what a wonderful world it could be without Bernie.

By: HounslowBusGarage

HounslowBusGarage — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 10:40:24 +0000

Bernie seems to be morphing into The Grinch.
His comments are increasing ungenerous (if there is such a word) and unkind to those organisations and individuals around him that give him his powerbase.

By: Kester

Kester — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 10:17:31 +0000

Each time I read something from Bernie I gain a greater dislike for him. Stating that all the “fancy engineers” basically just play on consoles all day; He does realise that it’s those engineers that made his sport what it is doesn’t he? I mean you can have all the commercial interests in the world, but without something worth watching, it’d all be worthless.

He’s definitely not a people’s person.