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Liberty boss surprised by 'discord' with F1 teams

Liberty Media boss Greg Maffei has admitted he's surprised that Formula 1's new owners are in such public disagreement with teams so soon after taking charge. Liberty unveiled its blueprint for the post-2020 direction of the sport last autumn. They came under immediate fire from Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne. The team has publicly threatened to pull out of F1 if the plans aren't modified. "Most of us are used to conducting business like that in private'" said Maffei, Liberty Media's president and CEO in the United States. "It's a little bit of a surprise how noisy all that is," he admitted. ""Anything around Formula 1 gets blared out across the headlines...
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