ECCLESTONE IS OUT AS CEO

[DUN24]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/127858

 

[AndyMarquisLive]

Maybe NASCAR will announce Brian France is resigning as NASCAR CEO tonight and it'll be a two-for-one special kind of day.

 

[DUN24]

Maybe NASCAR will announce Brian France is resigning as NASCAR CEO tonight and it'll be a two-for-one special kind of day.

I'd bawl like a bitch.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Ross Brawn as a Managing Director. Hope we're really turning a corner here.

 

[VaDirt]

My son just texted me the news. Wow!

 

[TexasRaceLady]

Man, that is news. I thought they'd have to pry F1 out of Bernie's cold, dead hand.

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

When I heard Bernie was out

 

[shark77]

Man, that is news. I thought they'd have to pry F1 out of Bernie's cold, dead hand.

To be fair, they are pretty close to meeting that definition...

 

[gnomesayin]

Ross Brawn as a Managing Director. Hope we're really turning a corner here.

This is encouraging. I sure hope so too. The timeframe is too tight for much to change for 2017 I reckon, but I hope that we'll start to see positive changes in 2018 and 2019.

Bernie probably deserves a tad more respect than he gets. He wasn't just a useless turd like Brian France is. He contributed a great deal to F1, but was well past his expiration date as a useful leader. Brawn is a good start on the technical side.

 

[Zerkfitting]

I read this story:

Bernie Ecclestone: Why F1's titanic leader was loved and loathed

http://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/38721123
http://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/38721123
It talks about how he built F1. It was all about making deals.

 

[Barbara Charles]

Like the deal he made to pay $10,000,000 instead of the $1.2 billion the Inland Revenue claimed. Sweet deal.

(Should be pound signs, not $)