Frankly I prefer lower-level motorsport, though; as Pete DeLorenzo has written frequently, the France family has tilted NASCAR so far in the direction of major brand-marketing revenue (at the frequent expense of fans and any possible resemblance to production cars) that some smart OEM is gonna bail sooner or later. Plus fan growth is flat.

Ecclestone’s cut from the same cloth as the Frances, but he’s got a bigger potential audience (the whole globe) so can pull the strings & make the puppets dance for much longer.

A pox on both their houses.