fat_jez said :
I point the finger more at Bernie's attempts to squeeze every last ounce of profit out of the sport for his benefit and not the good of the sport.
I agree.
All Bernie's decisions are about profit for himself and the CVC, F1 as a sport is secondary.
It sucks really, its us the fans that suffer and recently with Honda, BMW, Donnington, Bridgestone, Toyota them as well. Without the tracks, teams and suppliers you ain't left with much.
Max's problem is he ran the FIA as a dictatorship, he thought of an idea and tried to force it upon the teams, again and again. So no FOTA member would trust him. Far better to drop a few hints, whisper in a few ears, so FOTA would have come up with the budget cuts by themselves - problem solved.