Television audiences ratings and major car manufacturers would appear to be ingredients Bernie Ecclestone cannot do without. British Mail on Sunday newspaper reveals the news regarding the drop which is disclosed in F1’s annual global media report. It measures the number of unique viewers of F1 – anyone who watched at least 15 non-consecutive minutes of it. F1, however, shed no fewer than 25 million viewers last year, but the sport's supremo insists he is not worried because it 'reflects the move FOM has made towards pay TV in several markets over the last three seasons'. A prime example is the situation in Britain, where only a select number of grands prix are now shown free-to-air on...
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