Why Liberty can't win the battle for F1's soul yet

Liberty Media tried to take a long-term research-based approach to making changes to Formula 1. But that has left it open to criticism that it is not doing enough to fix the championship's immediate problems.

Jonathan Noble Jan 31, 2019, 12:42 PM

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This week's media statement from the Formula One Promoters' Association (FOTA) criticising Liberty Media for its running of the championship has fuelled the debate about whether F1's chiefs are doing a good enough job.

A quick glance on social media shows there are fans who remain enthralled and full of excitement for the on-track battles ahead. Then there are those who are more depressed about modern F1.

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Author Jonathan Noble

Jonathan Noble is Motorsport.com’s Formula 1 editor. Having graduated from University of Sussex Jonathan worked for sports news agency Collings Sports reporting on F1, F3, touring cars and other sports, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Reuters, Autosport and other publications. In 1999 he moved to Haymarket Publishing to become a senior editor at Autosport Special Projects, and one year later he became Autosport’s grand prix editor. In 2015 he moved to Motorsport Network, becoming the F1 editor for Motorsport.com. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and sits on the FIA Media Council.

Jonathan has won multiple awards for journalism - in 1991 he was the winner of the Guild of Motoring Writers’ Sir William Lyons’ Award for young journalists, in 2010 he was awarded the Outstanding Individual accolade for consumer journalism in the Haymarket wards, in 2011 he won Haymarket’s Scoop of the Year, and in 2018 he was awarded a prestigious Medaglia d’Oro at the Lorenzo Bandini Awards for his contribution to F1 journalism.