Controversial statement from the CEO of Liberty Media: “You no longer think of F1 as something you have to go to or watch every race on television to be a fan, do you?”

The current regulations of the Formula 1 It left a disappointment for many fans who have been watching and following the highest category of motorsport all their lives. Hybrid engines with almost 50%-50% between internal combustion power and electric power have left drivers with the responsibility of managing the batteries and going to the maximum in each corner is no longer the best way to achieve the best times.

For many this is considered a step backwards because the drivers are no longer going to the limit, no matter how many more overtakes we may see due to lack of energy. But this is what F1 was looking for, more action, even if it is a little more artificial.

F1 wanted to take advantage of the current growth to continue adding more fans to the cause. Although this implies that those more traditional and veteran fans do not agree with the path that the discipline is taking. At least this is what can be understood from the last words of Derek ChangCEO of Liberty Media.

“F1 is no longer thought of as something in which, to be a fan, you have to go to all the races or watch them all on television, “Right?”, explained the boss of the company that owns the rights to F1 in an event organized by the media The Race.

This phrase, once it began to spread on networks, opened the debate and those who long for previous times did not like it. That said, Chang insisted that the desire is to follow F1 as much as possible, even if there is no race.

“Now thenwe would love for everyone involved in F1 to follow it 24 hours a day, go to every race or watch it all on television, but we know that is not going to happen, TRUE? But one of the important data is that we have hundreds of millions of fans and 60% of them interact with F1 on a daily basis,” he concluded.