A source at F1 owners CVC have named Richard Scudamore as an ideal successor to the sport’s embattled chief executive Bernie Ecclestone.<\/p>\n
With 83-year-old Ecclestone fighting for his future and freedom in a Munich corruption trial, many names have been linked with his role at the top of formula one’s commercial rights.<\/p>\n
The latest is Richard Scudamore.<\/p>\n
Briton Scudamore, 54, is the current chief executive of England’s premier league football, but his job is now in doubt due to a series of allegedly sexist personal emails.<\/p>\n
But if Scudamore does lose his job, CVC has admitted it is interested in hiring him for F1.<\/p>\n
“TV rights deals are F1’s lifeblood.\u00a0 That is what Bernie has been brilliant at,” the source told the Daily Mail newspaper.<\/p>\n
“That is what Richard Scudamore is brilliant at.\u00a0 If we can’t have Bernie, we need someone like Scudamore.<\/p>\n
“We have never thought he would be available, but if he is that would be worth very serious consideration indeed,” the source added.<\/p>\n
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