F1 - Bernie Ecclestone describes the new teams as an embarrassment

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Bernie Ecclestone is renowned for being frank, and despite turning 80 last week it doesn't look like this will let up. Writing in the Financial Times, Pitpass business editor Chris Sylt reveals that at his recent lunch with Ecclestone the F1 boss had a few choice words to say about Hispania, Lotus and Virgin Racing. "We need to get rid of a few of those cripples," he says adding "they do nothing for us. They are an embarrassment."
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Bernie out to stir some trouble here!
Bit extreme to be slating there performance considering they have much lower budgets than the other teams (not to mention the cost cap that didn't come in that the new teams expected) and the lack of testing.

No comment on him avoiding choosing the teams with the bigger backing, ignoring Stefan GP with the old Toyota guys, and instead choosing Hispania?

He's still mumbling on about medals too, I'm also surprised at his comment about John Todt...
 
JonnyT said:
One thing I've wondered the past couple of years; why are STR so ****? I mean they got the RB5 (and I'm presuming much of the IP for the RB6) from their 'parent' team and the ferrari drivetrain is certainly no slouch so what exactly is the problem?!
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Think a lot of it is down to the drivers.
Looking at Redbull - they have a very quick driver in Vettel and a very experienced driver in Webber.
Meanwhile STR have a rookie, and Buemi - the driver who seems to get mentioned the least out of any drivers! He could not start the race and I'd not even notice!

Would be interesting to see how they'd do with a different driver. I'm looking forward to hopefully seeing Lotus and Virgin dice with STR!
 
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