Formula 1 board to put Bernie Ecclestone’s leadership under scrutiny

Bernie Ecclestone will come under scrutiny on Tuesday as a report is tabled at a meeting of Formula 1’s board.

The report has been authored by Jean-Marc Huet, a board member and former Uniliver financial chief, and comes hot on the heels of criticism of the 85-year-old F1 supremo.

Amid a controversial last-minute qualifying shakeup for 2016, and after the F1 supremo slammed his own sport in comments to the press, even Ecclestone’s usual ally Sebastian Vettel last week questioned the sport’s current “leadership”.

The Telegraph and the Daily Mail say a succession plan for life after the Ecclestone reign will be discussed at the meeting on Tuesday.

“At the last board meeting we said somebody should have a look and see if we’re doing things right, and if we want to make some changes,” The Telegraph quotes Ecclestone as saying.

When asked by the Daily Mail if he would consider stepping down, he answered: “If someone can run it better, no problem. I’d make way, 100%.”

The 2016 calendar gets underway with the Australian Grand Prix on March 20.