Dear Bernie
As you may know, it was this time last year that I had a brief chat with Donald Mackenzie, founding partner and co-chairman of CVC Capital Partners, your employer. During our discourse, Donald suggested that I wrote "a lot of bullshit".
He was clearly referring to the fact that I constantly criticised Formula 1's financial and governance structures. I won't belabour the discussion as it was revealed here in an open letter to the man half the paddock consider to be your boss - although, I hasten to add, an equal number believe you to be master of F1.