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Ecclestone: Decision-making in F1 is obsolete and ill-structured

Formula 1's chief executive Bernie Ecclestone has sided with the drivers who declared the governance of the sport 'obsolete' and 'ill-structured'. In an extraordinary letter, signed off by Britain's Jenson Button and four-time champion Sebastian Vettel on behalf of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA), the grid took aim at the decision-making process which they feel is harming their sport. But less than 24 hours later, Ecclestone, 85, issued his retort in which he urged CVC, Formula One's owners, as well as its stakeholders to consider an overhaul to how the sport is ruled.In a letter seen by the BBC, and which has subsequently appeared on social media, Ecclestone wrote: 'It is not...
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