Former FIA President Max Mosley said that Formula 1's new owner, Liberty Media, "may have made a mistake" in ousting CEO Bernie Ecclestone immediately after completing its takeover of the sport, according to Alan Baldwin of REUTERS. Ecclestone, 86, was replaced by American Chase Carey on Jan. 23 and appointed "Emeritus Chairman." Liberty has, however, said that it hopes Ecclestone "will continue to offer advice to the board." Mosley: "If it had been me in the case of Liberty, I’d have kept Bernie on to do the things that he’s superbly good at -- such as dealing with the promoters and the organizers and all that side of it." Mosley, a "close ally of Ecclestone while running the governing body," said that Liberty could have concentrated on "doing the things that up to now have not been done" in F1 such as virtual reality and digital technology. Liberty has "spoken about increasing the number of grands prix, particularly in the Americas," changing the weekend format and giving every round of the championship the "Super Bowl" treatment. Mosley: "You’ve always got to be careful, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. But they are fully aware of that" (REUTERS, 2/4).
