Lopez: “Ecclestone treated us like beggars”
Owner Lotus would like a more equitable distribution of resources
In the end, the much talked about meeting between Bernie Ecclestone, CVC representative Donald MacKenzie and the teams in financial difficulty actually took place. On the Saturday evening in Abu Dhabi which seems to have only elicited an apology from the Supreme of the Circus for the unpleasant statements about the poor of the grid, the leaders of Force India, Lotus e Clean, they were at least able to have their say on the distribution of profits.
“I tried to make Bernie understand that certain vitriolic statements are not good for the image of F1, particularly for the sponsors. What he said was arrogant and unacceptable” – the thought ofVijay Mallya expressed at the end of the meeting.
“We expressed our thoughts. It's not right to feel like you're a beggar when that's not true. Our desire is only to have the same guarantees as the big names” – he commented Gerard Lopez.
“Our hope is that costs can finally be reduced to demonstrate to the public that an F1 team can be fielded for less than $300 million. This time we expect to be listened to” – he reported Monisha Kaltenborn.
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