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Home » Sergio Marchionne comments on Liberty Media and Ferrari’s F1 future

Sergio Marchionne comments on Liberty Media and Ferrari’s F1 future. Ferrari president open for any discussion.

As we head towards two important dates for the future shape of the sport – the October 31 future engines meeting and the November 7 teams meeting where the new plan for F1 will be revealed by Liberty Media – there comes the inevitable positioning, led by Ferrari. This is the first crunch moment in Sergio Marchionne’s tenure at the helm of Ferrari. And as in the past when Enzo Ferrari, or successors Luca di Montezemolo or Jean Todt spoke for the Scuderia – he says essentially that Ferrari is F1 and vice versa but that it won’t write the sport a blank cheque.

Speaking to the Italian edition of Motorsport.com at the Ferrari Mondiali event in Mugello, Sergio Marchionne says that if Liberty Media messes around with the DNA of F1 then Scuderia Ferrari will no longer be interested in participating.

It’s not just about the money
“I confirmed two obligations [to Liberty at a meeting in Austin last week]. Like them, we want to reduce the costs of F1 which are beyond the limit. And that’s not because of technical choices but because of the way the sport is managed. We will do everything to reduce the costs of competing. And that will help the sport. But the most important thing: to change the nature of F1 for commercial reasons is a discussion that doesn’t interest Ferrari. We have to be very careful not to take away history from the DNA of this sport; that’s what interests Ferrari. If these two things are missing, then Ferrari’s interest in staying in F1 will diminish.” – Sergio Marchionne explained, as reported by the Italian media on Monday.

So far in all his pronouncements on Formula 1 leading up to these crunch meetings, where Liberty Media will reveal their plans for F1 post 2021, CEO Chase Carey has emphasised the importance of getting the costs under control and making the F1 teams sustainable businesses. And he has underlined the value of its history. American sports owners always value history. But the key will be whether they value the history that Scuderia Ferrari represents to the tune of $100m a year surplus to what the teams receive in appearance and prize money. Bernie Ecclestone and CVC put that value on Ferrari; Liberty Media needs to find a way to make Ferrari feel valued but to level the playing field a bit. How they tackle that will be one of the key moves of this coming phase.

“This isn’t a threat.” – Sergio Marchionne continues. He referenced comments in Gazzetta dello Sport by Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene which some have interpreted as a threat. Marchionne says he will protect Ferrari’s involvement in the sport, “but not at any cost. I am open for any discussion, but if they want to turn F1 into a nonsense, a shppping channel, then I’m not the slightest bit interested. There is a very noble aspect to F1 beyond the things that happen on track; it’s a sport which is truly different from the others and we can’t over commercialise it. If they do that, we are off; no interest.” – the Italian-Canadian executive who is currently the Chairman of CNH Industrial, the CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, the Chairman and CEO of Ferrari and also Chairman of Maserati concluded.

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