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Ecclestone: No surprise if Mercedes quit Formula 1

Ex-Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has warned the paddock not to dismiss rumours and mounting speculation about Mercedes quitting the sport at the end of 2020 to focus on being an engine supplier. In Brazil, after Mercedes won its sixth consecutive F1 drivers' and constructors' championships this season, there are rumours that American racing legend Roger Penske could buy the German team. Penske immediately denied it, former F1 supremo Ecclestone told the Daily Mail: 'I wouldn't be surprised if Mercedes stopped F1. There has been change at the top and the new people are not so enthusiastic about Formula 1 as the old people used to be. 'They might think we have won seven world...
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