As the Formula 1 world welcomes in its 68th world championship season with this weekend's Australian Grand Prix, a key issue looming large in the background is the future of the sport as plotted by Liberty Media, a saga that is likely to unravel by mid-season Of the triumvirate that leads the sport at the moment, Ross Brawn is tasked to oversee the development of new Formula 1 regulations which will come into effect in 2021, however, the opposition to the preliminary vision presented to the teams late last year is formidable. Dissenter in chief is Ferrari whose president Sergio Marchionne has threatened to pull the iconic team from the sport if the ethos of Formula 1 does remain intact....
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