F1 | Sauber rebels and asks Liberty Media for equal powers between the teams

Monisha Kaltenborn wanted to send a clear message to the new owners Liberty Medium: according to the team principal of Cleanin fact, the idea of ​​one should be promoted fairer distribution of power between teams.

About a year ago, in fact, Sauber itself together with the Force India they had done one complaint addressed to the EU: the two teams, in fact, had written a complaint to the European Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, against a "cartel" in F1 complaining about distortions and disparities in the distribution of revenues and in the governance of the circus, according to which they would be greatly favored Ferrari, Red Bull, Mercedes, McLaren and Williams.

Compared to a year ago “the process is well underway, including a dialogue with the European Commission”, as Sauber boss Monisha Kaltenborn stated at Deutschlandfunk radio: “I am confident that the European Union is watching this case very closely. We will continue to push for this from here on out and we think something will happen."he concluded.

Certainly a positive action could be carried out directly by the arrival of Liberty Media, in the process of purchasing and taking over the commercial rights of F1: “Together with Force India we have already started discussing it with Liberty”, Kaltenborn revealed. “For the first time, we have an owner who comes from the media industry, and someone who has made very successful investments in other industries. In some series the smaller teams have certain rights which demonstrate the importance of these teams within the circus, so I believe a good dialogue will develop.", he added.

Fabiola Granier