Bernie Ecclestone's four decades as Formula 1 supremo, and dictator some might add, is at a cross-roads if not a dead-end as Liberty Media start the process of taking control of the sport they have purchased, with a view of having their hand-picked management team in control before the season gets underway at the Australian Grand Prix in March. Word is that Liberty have earmarked an ‘honorary president' role for Ecclestone which many believe he will refuse. The Telegraph reported recently: 'The doubt is where the shift will leave Ecclestone. He had expressed a desire to carry on for another two or three years but so far all Liberty’s rhetoric has been about making a clean break...
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