• • Toto Wolff digs into European football clubs that do not take fans into account.
• • Wolff believes that Formula 1 will continue to consider its fans in every decision.
• • F1 has also adjusted the way revenue is shared between teams.
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Toto Wolff believes that the European Super League (ESL) fiasco has shown that Formula 1 at least treats its fans better than football.
Twelve big football clubs recently tried to break away from the European governing body UEFA in order to organize their own closed-shop competition. Two days later the project failed when the six English clubs were eliminated after a major backlash by angry supporters and three more quickly followed.
Wolff, co-owner and team boss of Mercedes F1, was amazed that the football clubs had obviously not taken into account the reaction of their fans before the plans were announced – and glad that the F1 takes a much broader perspective.
Wolff was quoted by The Guardian as saying, “The moment you forget your fans and are just driven by greed, you are undermining what the sport should stand for. What influenced a lot of our decisions was what the fans of F1 think and do would think. ” what they wanted, what the ESL clearly missed. “
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Mercedes-AMG (front) and Red Bull Racing fight on the track
Fair earnings
Wolff was referring to the recent Concorde deal, which changed the distribution of revenue between teams to be fairer, and the budget cap introduced in Formula 1 this year.
Wolff added: “How absurd is it that the best European football clubs are suffering from enormous debt and failing to generate sustained regular profits when they are the best sports companies in the world? This is completely insane. In F1 we realized it can Don’t go any further. There has to be a sustainable place where the sport can thrive in the long term. “
As part of the new distribution of sales, Wolff said that Mercedes had been affected by a “20% success of the TV money we generated”.
However, it’s all part of the bigger picture.
The Austrian added: “It doesn’t change the fact that we fight with gloves on the track and for every single advantage that brings us athletic performance. But we also have to make sure that the sport thrives. Nobody wants the same team to win . ” All the while, you need to have less predictability and more variability. You have to recognize what the fans want. Opportunity for every driver and every team to fight for a championship at some point. I may have to eat my words, but I’m ready to go there and ready to invest in the long-term health of my sport while fighting for every inch of the track. “
Mercedes-AMG F1 car
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