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Ecclestone calls for electric F1

A year out of the limelight has clearly done nothing to diminish Bernie Ecclestone's ability to stir things up. The sage of smoke and mirrors, the duke of divide and conquer is at it again, and much like Toto Wolff opined last year, has managed to lob a grenade into the F1 paddock just as pre-season testing gets underway. Speaking to reporters in London - or holding court as it was known in days gone by - the sport's former supremo suggested that F1 should go electric. 'We still own the name Formula One, we still have contracts with promoters, let's make different types of cars, let's speak to the manufacturers and start a new all-electric F1, a Formula One for the future,' said the man...
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