US sounds warning to Formula One, a sport teetering on the brink of crisis | Paul Weaver
Mario Andretti lays it on the line to F1, a sport with two teams in administration and at least three others haemorrhaging millions Marussia follow Caterham into administration
Bernie Ecclestone has been told he must make a better job of selling Formula One by leading figures hosting this Sundays US Grand Prix in Texas.
The sport travels to Austin in crisis, with the futures of Caterham and Marussia in the balance, and other teams close to the wall. Pressure is mounting on Ecclestone, the sports chief executive and commercial rights holder, to make amends, with the message from Mario Andretti, the official ambassador for the race in Austin, and Bobby Epstein, the co-founder of the Circuit of the Americas, that F1 needs to loosen up a bit and make the sport about personalities.
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