Ecclestone: FOTA would destroy the sport

Bernie Ecclestone congratulates British GP winner Sebastian Vettel. He predicts FOTA would destroy the sport

Bernie Ecclestone told Britain's Daily Star newspaper on Sunday that he fears for the breakaway.

Despite earlier sympathizing with the teams' dislike of the proposed budget cap, he now believes unfettered spending "could be the curse of our sport".

"It could ruin it. It would be a disaster and they'd destroy the sport," he said.

"I would hate to see any kind of takeover happen because it would be badly managed. They can't even run their own teams. They can't agree on anything. If the teams owned it they would destroy it," Ecclestone, 78, added.