News Details
Azerbaijan GP boss hits out at "ignorant" Liberty criticism
Azerbaijan Grand Prix promoter Arif Rahimov has hit back at Liberty Media boss Greg Maffei aftger criticised the Baku F1 event. Speaking at Deutsche Bank conference in Florida last week, the Liberty president and CEO referred to the potential expansion of the F1 calendar and markets that were of interest. He then cited Baku as an example of a race that did not contribute to the overall growth of the sport, implying that the fee was of more significance to former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone. "I think it's our job to do far more to help the promoters to be successful," Maffei told the audience. "Frankly Bernie's attitude was, 'How much can I extract from them?' I heard him call...
Full Story »
Full Story »
9y ago from Motorsport.com
0
You May Also Be Interested In...
Liberty Media's Maffei slams Baku for adding no value...
XPB Images
Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei believes Formula 1's...
9y ago from F1i.com
Liberty Media's Maffei: Baku ‘does nothing to...
F1 News Force India tickled pink with BWT sponsorship deal...
9y ago from Formula1Blog.com
Baku promoter hits back at Liberty Media comments
XPB Images
Azerbaijan Grand Prix promoters have reacted to the...
9y ago from F1i.com
Baku promoter hits back at Liberty Media
The promoter of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix hit back on Wednesday at...
9y ago from SuperSport.com
Elsewhere On The Network
Popular On MGPToday.com
MotoGP bans front holeshot devices immediately, tweaks...
No description available...
12h ago from Motorsport.com
Pirelli's test in Brno ends with Aprilia on top and...
No description available...
7h ago from Motorsport.com
Joan Mir lauds Honda's "smart move" as he...
No description available...
14h ago from Motorsport.com
Aprilia says past incidents prompted appeal against...
No description available...
16h ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On IndyCarToday.com
HRC US boss apologizes to Armstrong for “failure”...
No description available...
7h ago from Motorsport.com
How Christian Lundgaard went from zero to hero at Road...
No description available...
12h ago from Motorsport.com
David Malukas upbeat despite another near miss for...
On Sunday’s IndyCar race from Road America, David Malukas crossed the...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Will Power and Graham Rahal at odds over last lap...
On the final lap of Sunday’s IndyCar event from Road America, veterans...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Popular On TotalWRC.com
Vital step made towards USA return on 2027 WRC calendar
No description available...
3d ago from Motorsport.com
FIA president sets timeline to announce new WRC...
No description available...
4d ago from Motorsport.com
Kalle Rovanpera ready to resume motorsport career...
No description available...
6d ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On GunnersToday.com
Arsenal face Real Madrid problem in race for 70m...
Arsenal’s pursuit of Ayyoub Bouaddi has taken a worrying twist, with...
42m ago from CaughtOffside.com
Arsenal and Chelsea hit with huge £100m-plus transfer...
Aston Villa have made it clear that they do not want to sell Morgan Rogers...
22m ago from CaughtOffside.com
Arsenal make Villa’s Morgan Rogers their No 1 target...
t;li>Champions expected to make an approach for forwardFee could be...
7h ago from TheGuardian.com
Arsecast Extra Episode 700 – 22.06.2026
Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and...
12h ago from Arseblog.com
Comments
Hottest News
Slapped Marshal Breaks Silence After Shocking MotoGP...
MotoGP championship leader Marco Bezzecchi found... Read More »
5h ago from Formula1News.co.uk
Red Bull set to introduce major upgrade package at Spielberg
Red Bull will arrive at the Austrian Grand Prix... Read More »
3h ago from F1Technical.net
Lewis Hamilton scolds 'ridiculous' racing concern: 'There's...
Lewis Hamilton has voiced his concern over how... Read More »
22m ago from RacingNews365.com
