Liberty's F1 reign will be judged on current global crises, not 2021
After taking on F1's ownership, Liberty Media's biggest project was defining a new image for the 2021 season. But as the world teeters on the precipice of a pandemic, with political machinations at play, Liberty has major decisions to make
Up until a few weeks ago, the view of many in Formula 1 was that the success or failure of its owner Liberty Media could only be properly judged depending on how its 2021 rules vision panned out.
After all, many of the problems that F1 has faced since the American media giant took over had lingered before Liberty's staff had got their feet under the desks.
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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.
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