Ditch lavish motor homes to save money says Ecclestone

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has hit back at claims that costs are too high in F1, insisting that the teams waste too much money with non-essentials such as lavish motor homes.

It has been reported that with the exception of 'big four' Ferrari, Red Bull, McLaren and Mercedes, every team in pitlane is groaning under the financial strain.

And costs are only set to rise, with the return of in-season testing next year and the introduction of vastly more expensive turbo V6 'power units'.

"They will have to find a way to be competitive with less money," an unsympathetic F1 chief executive Ecclestone told Germany's Auto Bild.

"They need to refocus on the essentials, and that is the racing and the racing cars, not huge and meaningless motor homes," he added. (GMM)

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