Talking to Singapore's Today newspaper – as appeared in the publication's online edition – the Brit revealed he was not at all worried during his political battle with the F1 teams. Not only that, but he said some of the new teams in the series still have plenty to learn before making breakaway threats such as the ones that appeared in the media a few months ago.
“I was just telling someone the other day that most of them in Formula 1 are a bit new. They haven't served an apprenticeship. They just don't know what we had to go through to build things up in the beginning to what they are today. They want to take whatever they can as much as they can and disappear,” said Ecclestone in the aforementioned interview.
“A couple of them, I think, maybe thought they would like to do something else and be in charge of something. They are not even in charge of anything they are now doing anyway, so how they think they could be in charge of something as big as F1, I don't know. Anyway, it is their opinion,” added the F1 boss.
While further commenting on the whole breakaway series idea, the Brit pointed out that forming a rival series to Formula One is both impossible and uncalled for. Although it may seem easy, the Great Circle has gone through a lot until becoming what it is now. Starting from scratch once again is just corporate thinking, not the F1 way.
“This business is built now and it is easier to do what we are doing rather than start something again. I wouldn't want to start a series in opposition to Formula 1, for sure. There is no real reason for it; there is no logic in it. Just as I said to people, those who wanted to break away must have been carried away. The trouble is they are more the corporate types. This isn't a corporate business, it is an entrepreneur business,” concluded Bernie.
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