Tony Fernandes blames the big teams

Caterham F1 Team et Marussia have both been placed in receivership for several days and the future of both structures is very uncertain due to the financial difficulties encountered. Despite the efforts of Tony Fernandes to carry his team, the Leafield factory did not manage to get off the back of the grid. The businessman's patience reached its limits at the start of the year when he preferred to sell the structure to an investment group which has been making headlines in recent weeks. by vigorously opposing to Malaysian.

Tony Fernandes, now focused on his other activities, regrets that the current situation of the F1 disadvantages the smallest structures as much. “People can criticize whoever they want, but the big teams are as responsible as the others.”, commented the Malaysian on Sky Sports. “The gap has now become too great. I told myself that I couldn't continue, unlike QPR (the Queen Park Rangers football team) or Air Asia (its airline). You have to be brave and recognize that you've messed up and that it's time to leave rather than continuing with something where I knew I didn't have enough time to manage everything and that we were going nowhere. »