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Originally Posted by Gingers4Justice
Sportscars will never get that big while Bernie Ecclestone is still alive.
And he will never die.
There are too many people around who would want to screw up any other form of motor racing that got close to Formula One in terms of success and popularity. And, also, 6 manufacturers is not sustainable, not even in Formula One.
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Originally Posted by Acid09
The way the WEC is shaping up it could become F1's nightmare rather sooner than later.
Yes, endurance racing is a little harder to market than F1 but a series possibly involving a battle between Audi, Peugeot, Porsche, Toyota, Nissan & Bentley using different technologies to race each other... that will draw crowds and sell.
Sprinkle the GTE cars for people who love road going machinery on top of it and (if properly marketed) the series could offer something for anybody who's just remotely interested in car racing.
I don't think Bernie E is sleeping to well thinking about this...
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Let's not sell the skin before the bear is shot
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Bernie do not have ANY power in FIA matters outside F1, so he can't do anything.
The problem before was that Max Mosley and Bernie Eccelstone was friends and Mosley, more or less was in Max's pocket - Jean Todt is different and has already chosen to chill down Bernie and his influence. (How much media have we seen around Bernie recently? as an example)
But again, let's just see how many shows up, and how many there will be room for in a single championship.