Are F1s free-to-air TV days numbered?
23/05/2009It would be an understatement to say that Bernie Ecclestone is shrewd. So it came as little surprise to hear him imply that he would sue Ferrari if the team tries to leave F1 over its displeasure with the budget cap. Ironically, Ferrari’s veto over the FIA is believed to be contained within the contract that the team signed with Ecclestone to stay in F1 until 2012. Now we hear that all the teams are aligned with Ferrari over rejecting the budget cap so what could come next from Mr E? Over to Pitpass’ business editor Chris Sylt.According to Sylt, Ecclestone has at least one ultimate weapon in his arsenal which could see the sport’s ringmaster coining it in whilst the teams are left on the back-foot. As ever in F1, it is all down to money.There would of course be no threat of multiple teams deserting F1 if they had signed a Concorde Agreement committing them to stay in the sport. In 2006 they signed a memorandum of understanding with Ecclestone’s company to confirm the amount o
