I think, after years of building the biggest ship on the high seas, Mr Ecclestone's prime concern these days is arranging the deck chairs to give those who can afford it a better view of the ship going down. I agree, on his inevitable departure from the scene one day, the various vested interests will revive the cold war term of "Mutually Assured Distruction" but maybe that's what the F1 needs.
I know a lot of the things that make it into the public sphere from the mouth of Bernie are most certainly said with a tounge firmly jammed in a cheek however, he has shown himself to be further and further out of touch with the, and I hesitate to use this word, sport.
While he was head of FOCA and championing the teams, he ensured the teams behaved in a collective way for their greater good. Since then however, it has been for the greater good of the investor that has occupied Bernies thoughts. This has meant that the teams in short order returned to fighting for their share of the pie without thought of the longer term. (Though you could argue that this was the case when they let Bernie run things in the first place). We have seen this time and time again with the two or three teams on top having a virtual veto over rule changes or dictating the sporting direction. A classic example being the double points joke. Totto Wolff has come out and stated they were wrong to vote for it. Why did he vote for it before the season began? Because no one could imagine anything other than a Red Bull in front. Now however, the rule is could massively effect Mercedes season and suddenly Wolff breaks ranks and pubicially announces his now lack of support for double points. I can think of a sentance and it contains the words no and Sherlock !!
A Bernie'less F1 would be so much better if the teams are given more control and can work together or risk mutual failure however, the more likely outcome is that the teams end up destorying themselves.
But to rip it all up and start again would be no real problem in my book.
