McLaren team principal and FOTA chairman Martin Whitmarsh says Formula One must remain on free-to-air television channels.
With the news that Exor and NewsCorp, owner of subscription service Sky, are looking to takeover the sport, many fans’ fear it would be the end of free-to-air broadcasts.
Whitmarsh says the sport must remain easily accessible to watch, and such a rule would be written into the new Concorde Agreement in the future as it is detrimental to the business model that the sport is available to the largest possible audience.
“I think it’s clear that the business model of all the teams relies on free-to-air,” he said in Turkey.
“We’re selling a large, broad, media exposure. That’s the business model and I’m sure that that’s the business model all the Formula One teams will require going forward.”
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