Bernie Ecclestone says he is supportive of Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne’s F1 quit threat. Ecclestone, 87, was ousted as the sport’s long time ‘supremo’ following the arrival of new owners Liberty Media. So now with Marchionne at loggerheads with Liberty and Ferrari threatening to quit, Ecclestone met with the Italian-Canadian at the recent Geneva motor show.

La Gazzetta dello Sport quoted Ecclestone as saying: “It’s easy to imagine the things we spoke about because, as ever with Sergio, there was a total convergence.” Marchionne told the press he had met with a “very fit Ecclestone”. When asked about Liberty’s plans for the future of F1, Ecclestone said: “I too dream of a world championship with 20 teams and 20 different engines.

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