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I admire Bernie from a business perspective. When he entered the wheeler-dealing of the English motor trade, he was the best on the block. His progression into F1 proved very helpful to many renowned team owners, not least Ron Dennis, Frank Williams and Ken Tyrrell. His clever grasping of power away from the bureaucratic Balestre and FIA crowd of the late 70s/early 80s proved a much healthier move for F1. It 'cleaned' up the sport and certainly brought in a lot of revenue. That's where it should have stopped. Unfortunately, it's been a downward spiral since and, although the revenue keeps coming in, F1 shouldn't be all about that. It is a sport, which Bernie has turned into a business.

I think F1 has been better in some respects due to Bernie involvement, but I feel we got the most out of it a few decades ago. Now it's just ridiculous greed which does no good for the fans of the sport (e.g. the Sky TV deal).