Former FIA President Max Mosley said that Formula 1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone will "walk away" from F1 if new owner Liberty Media interferes with "his running of the business," according to Andrew Benson of the BBC. Mosley said that Liberty "need" Ecclestone as it learns about its new acquisition. Mosley said, "These people may take a more active role and they want to sort of run the business but that could bring them into conflict with Bernie. It is much more likely there will be a collaboration." Mosley expected F1 to "continue as before under the new owners, despite the need for a succession plan for Ecclestone, who is 86 next month." Mosley: "There has to be a succession sooner or later unless Bernie's immortal, which I don't think he is. So I guess this would be part of that process." Mosley said that he believed Ecclestone and new F1 Chair Chase Carey "would be able to work together." Mosley: "If Chase Carey is a person of real ability and he wants to understand and he's clever, I think he'll get along fine with Bernie" (BBC, 9/14).
