Bernie could be Gone "Within Days"

[cosworth151]

It looks like it might be the end of days for the Ecclestone era. Sky News reports that the announcement could come "within days" as the Liberty Media takeover is completed. Of course, we've heard about Bernie's impending departure many times over the years. I wonder if this is just another false alarm.

http://autoweek.com/article/formula-one/report-f1-boss-bernie-ecclestone-ready-step-down

[Steve A.]

I hope we do have a complete change at the top,  too much money bring bled out of the sport.  Hope for a better split of money to the teams.  The last place getting nothing is ridiculous.  At the very least there is more than enough to cover the final place travel and transport cost.  That alone will make a difference to the lower teams.

[John S]

Be careful what you wish for Liberty, offering a few shares to teams in an to attempt to stop another breakaway series is no substitute for a new Concorde agreement.

Not sure anyone in place of Bernie will have the nounce or clout to force through another high value Concorde deal. They'll need a pretty substantial new model to make their huge investment pay if the current big teams get the smell of blood in the negotiations.  I guess they're banking on most of the big hitters being gone in time for the post 2020 Concorde - well Ron & Peter Sauber are gone, Frank is hardly the force he once was and the rest are now mainly corporate appointees who have to report back for instructions, hardly the opposition they once were.

However as a old friend of mine is fond of saying - "you wouldn't even have the shirt on your back after you played cards with any of the F1 team principals". 
Highly competitive nature with a killer instinct are pre-requisites for a team boss. 

[Scott]

I will toast a beer high in the air on news that Bernie is gone...whatever the outcome...although ironically that makes me sound a bit like a Trump supporter 

[John S]

Seems Bernie has gone in just 2 days. 

http://www.gpwizard.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,20342.0.html