Ecclestone: “New qualifications? I would have preferred a penalty to the winner of the GP"

Always scathing when asked about the modern F1 that he himself, it should not be forgotten, helped create Bernie Ecclestone he also did not fail to criticize the latest change made to the sporting regulations, the one relating to qualifying which will now see an elimination every ninety seconds.

“I voted in favor only because I thought a change was necessary but in reality I am not sure that the solution found will prove to be optimal” – the reflection of the Supreme of the Circus on Sky Sports UK.

“Personally I would have preferred to leave the format unchanged given that it is often more exciting than the race and perhaps I would have applied a penalty in seconds to the winner of the previous race to be added to the Saturday afternoon practice time in order to create a bit of uncertainty” – he added.

Then, just to spare no expense in terms of advice, the English Big Boss returned to one of his hot topics. The entry of an independent engine engineer to help small teams put into difficulty by the large sums of money requested by the manufacturers to acquire the current power units.

“An external producer would certainly help out. In this way the smaller teams would have their engine for 7 million pounds instead of 26/28 and of equal quality to the others” – the 85-year-old's final proposal.

Chiara Rainis