Bernie Ecclestone is not a fan of the "dangerous" FIA movement. A former Mercedes employee has gone to work for the motorsport federation, and according to the 91-year-old Briton, this works in the German brand's favor.
Bernie Ecclestone is not a fan of the "dangerous" FIA movement. A former Mercedes employee has gone to work for the motor racing federation and according to the 91-year-old Briton, it works in the German brand's favor.
Shalia-Ann Rao is acting head of Formula 1 at the FIA currently, but not long ago she was a consultant to Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff. She started working for Mercedes in 2018, but since Peter Bayer's departure she has been working for the FIA.
Ecclestone is not happy with the FIA appointment. "It's very dangerous," the former F1 CEO told the Express newspaper. "Toto started with all this nonsense about the cars needing to be changed. She told them about the new directive, obviously."
By the new directive, Ecclestone is referring to the changes that can be made to reduce the quiques. Mercedes has already introduced an additional support cable in Canada.
Ecclestone recalls that he himself wanted to hire Luca di Montezemolo as president when he was still F1 boss. At the time, this was not allowed because di Montezemolo worked for Ferrari. According to the Briton, the situation with Rao and Mercedes is no different.