Toto Wolff has expressed his satisfaction that Formula 1 treats its fans better than football – as the European Super League fiasco showed. Twelve major football clubs recently tried to break away from the European governing body, UEFA, to set up what was largely their own closed-shop competition. Two days later, the project had failed as the six English clubs, following a huge backlash from irate supporters, pulled out and were quickly followed by three more. Wolff, the Mercedes F1 co-owner and team principal, was amazed that the football clubs had clearly failed to consider the reaction from their fans before announcing the plans – and happy that Formula 1 takes a much broader view....
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