It comes as no surprise that Red Bull's 'Lord High Executioner' believes the sport needs a strong leader, a dictator. Amidst falling viewing numbers and sponsors, indeed, a general decline in the sport, not helped by a lack of competition, failure to address fans concerns and a general loss of purpose and direction, F1 has been increasingly in the firing line from all angles. In recent months even the drivers have joined in, publicly calling for an overhaul of the sport's 'obsolete' and 'ill-structured' rule-making process. Without a hint of irony, Dr Helmut Marko, Red Bull's motorsport consultant and wielder of the most unforgiving axe in sport, agrees. Asked by the official F1 website...
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