Bernie Ecclestone slams Jerez ‘farce’

Formula One supremo not in support of 2014 rule changes.

Bernie Ecclestone has labelled this week’s testing in Jerez ‘a farce’ and blamed rule changes for a less than satisfactory four days, according to ESPN.

“Look at the last few days,” he told the Daily Mail. “I said it was going to be like this, a total farce. They [the teams] insisted on these new engines.

“They talk about saving fuel. They don’t need these new engines to achieve that. They should get smaller motorhomes. Then they wouldn’t need so many trucks.

“The whole thing with the new engines is totally absurd. People want noise, that’s what F1 is all about, and now we have quiet engines and nobody on the track.”

Few would disagree that the changes are likely to result in some surprises early on in the season. Ecclestone thought that was one good thing to come out of the changes.

“The season could be extremely interesting, really unpredictable,” he added. “And that is the exciting thing.”

Published in The Express Tribune, February 2^nd, 2014.

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