Bernie Ecclestone: Why the budget ceiling and so many races?

To c Formulas 1 increased uniformity between teams and reduced dominance the top three top teams are expected to be years old 2021 introduced for this purpose budget ceiling. Teams will be for their participation in the royal class of motorsport allowed to spend the most 175 million dollars per season. Some items like the salaries of racers and expenditure on marketing, but do not fall into this limited budget.

Bernie Ecclestone believes that the budget ceiling would not be necessary if the technical regulations were well written - Photo: Hasan Bratić

Except for the fact that the budget ceiling will be blessed only in the month of October, p Bernie Ecclestone, former boss Formula 1, thinks this is not a good idea. “We do not need a limited budget. If the technical rules are well written, then there is no reason to adopt this budget ceiling,”So popular Bernie in an interview with colleagues from car engine and sport.

"It simply needs to be ensured that there will be no need to invest so many sums of money in a few hundredths of a second per lap. Then it may not matter to someone how much money each team spends," so ecclestone, which warns beforehand that it should not trim technologiesbecause: “Technical competitiveness is a legacy of Formula 1. If we lose that, then we lose Formula 1 as well."

Bernie is also critical of the trimming of technology in Formula 1, as technical competitiveness is actually the legacy of the royal class of motorsport - Photo: Hasan Bratić

British continues: “We can’t eliminate the fact that not every team wants to make a better race car than their competitors. We can only limit their possibilities. But that has nothing to do with money. You will always need a certain amount. Anyone who can't afford Formula 1 should stay at home,”He explained Bernie. In order to then dominance financially strong teams continued as before, however ecclestone says: “Money is no guarantee of victory,”He claims 88-year-old and criticizes: "Right now, I see some teams that have the money but are not achieving the right results."

If I were still at the helm of Formula 1, we probably wouldn't be talking about the budget ceiling and similar matters today - Photo: Hasan Bratić

ecclestone he also touched on the race calendar Formula 1, which is expanding from year to year. We will have another year 22 dirk, and a year later the calendar is supposed to already comprise 24 dirk. For a Briton, this is way too much. “That's really too much. I think 16 races would be enough. The more races there are, the more the Formula 1 product will be devalued. We have already experienced this oversaturation in tennis. We have over 100 tournaments there, and for most people only ten are interesting."

Ecclestone is also critical of the will of an extensive Formula 1 racing calendar. For a Briton, 16 races would be enough to keep the royal class exclusive.

British nor does it accept the explanation or justifications, Yes more races it also means more money at the box office - so for Liberty Media, the majority owner Formula 1, as well as for teams. And both sides probably don’t want to give that up. “If they only had 16 races, the organizers would have to pay more for them. And believe me, they would do the same. Because their event would have so much more value due to the reduction in the number of races."        

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