"Silly technical rules have become too important", says Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone thinks that the technical rules are becoming too important and are "stopping people racing".

Formula One's former owner Bernie Ecclestone says that the sport's current technical regulations "stop people racing".

"All the silly things they do today, penalties for this and that, it's stupid," Ecclestone told Crash.net.

"I said a little while ago when I was involved, technical regulations are more important than sporting regulations they should have written across the top: don't race. That's what it all amounts to, all the regulations are there to stop people racing."

Ecclestone also had his thoughts on how to make F1 more exiting for the viewers and try to make it more modern to suit the audience.

"What does it really rely on, Formula 1? You need to have the support of the public to watch television, therefore the TV companies will pay off the rights," he added.

"It needs promoters to promote the event in a way that will attract the public.

"Really, all types of sports have changed from the eighties. Those days, really the most important thing wasn't the finance, it was to do a good job."