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Carey: Previous regime was ‘crapping on' the sport

Formula 1 CEO Chase Carey has sharply criticised what he saw as the negative mindset of the sport's previous ownership under Bernie Ecclestone, indicating their attitude only damaged the marketability of their product. Carey, replaced Ecclestone as part of Liberty Media's takeover of F1 in January 2017, suggested that the former supremo and his cohorts were far too content to criticise without offering any solutions. 'There were things that the sport needed to get on top of that it hasn't,' he told Autosport, using rising costs as an example of an issue his predecessors failed to address. Additionally, he highlighted Ecclestone's scornful reception to the introduction of V6 hybrid-turbo...
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