F1 | Ecclestone launches his own recipe for the relaunch of the Circus: "Similar engines and less strength to Mercedes"

According to former Formula 1 super boss, Bernie Ecclestone, the real problem of today's Circus is the excessive strength of Mercedes in comparison with the other top teams. According to the English manager, in fact, Lewis Hamilton can count on a car that is too high-performance, a factor that allows him to show up at the starting line of the GPs with almost half a victory in his pocket. Liberty Media, according to Ecclestone, should stem this power, trying to take away this performance advantage from the Brackley team. Hence the idea of ​​shuffling the cards, with similar engines and different top drivers to compete for the title of world champion.

Here are the words of Bernie Ecclestone: “Liberty Media has the same contracts I did. As regards the technical and sporting regulations, however, not much has changed. This, in general, is the factor that surprised me the most given today's Formula 1 urgently needs a reshuffling of the cards. Spectators need exciting racing and as much as I respect Mercedes, the truth is that they win too much. If they had sold or leased their engine to a top team like Red Bull, maybe we would have better and certainly exciting races. Who knows, maybe a new world champion."

“Now there is total domination which in my opinion risks penalizing Mercedes themselves. It's a simple situation, but someone can't find the right countermeasures. My proposal - he added - is to level the potential of the engines, giving everyone an equal opportunity to succeed. Producers need to understand that it is necessary to make the sport more attractive. The public should not know who wins before the race just because one or two engines are better. There is an urgent need for change."

Roberto Valenti