The F1 Strategy Group should be disbanded according to Bernie Ecclestone, with the 84-year-old calling the sport “too democratic”, making it too difficult to change things.
His comments follow similar claims by Red Bull boss Christian Horner and Force India’s Bob Fernley, with both claiming that it makes no sense for the teams to decide the rules.
Ecclestone wants something more akin to a dictatorship, similar to when Max Mosley was president of the FIA and the two decided what future rules would be implemented.
“We should stop mucking around and asking for opinions,” he told Autosport. “The problem is we are running something that is too democratic, and Jean [Todt] won’t go along with things.
“Between us we should say ‘these are the rules of the championship, if you want to be in it, great, if you don’t, we understand’.”
When directly asked if the F1 Strategy Group, which is made up of Ecclestone, Todt, Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes, Red Bull, Williams and the sixth ‘best’ team – currently Force India – should be scrapped, he replied: “Yeah, absolutely.
“It’s bloody difficult for the constructors to come up with anything. If you were Mercedes you wouldn’t want anything changed,” he added.
“At last month’s Strategy Group meeting nothing was decided – not even the date of the next meeting.
“We could have voted on something then and put it through, but nothing.”
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