Matt Bishop: 'It was the biggest F1 launch in history. Then it all went wrong'
As F1 prepares for its glitzy launch evening, Matt Bishop recalls the lavish events that teams once staged — which were no guarantee of success
Rob Widdows and I sit down again to discuss the latest news from the world of motor sport. CVC may be selling the rights to Formula 1, Rupert Murdoch and others may be buying them, Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo is threatening to form a breakaway series again and the Formula 1 teams want a larger slice of the action. What, if anything, is going on?
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As well as putting Rob on the spot about the current political situation in F1, we chat about the forthcoming Spanish Grand Prix and the MotoGP race in France.
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