F1 recently rejected a bid of $20,000,000,000 for the sports commercial rights. However, the two mega billionaires who were spotted at the Miami GP with a combined net worth of $317,300,000,000 are getting ready and are reportedly preparing a huge offer for critical rights. Yes, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are supposedly preparing a mega bid. However, fans are not too enthusiastic about the rumor as the billionaires receive slandering from the F1 community.
Ever since Liberty Media took over F1 in 2017, the sport has become as much about entertainment as it is about technology and racing. The same could be noticed in how Liberty Media is commercializing the sport and encouraging its growth in the American market. The Drive to Survive series is a very good example of this. However, all these aims are encouraging a greater audience with the enthusiasts’ view not kept in mind.
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos interested in purchasing #Formula1 https://t.co/TwTQc4WN6O
— Formula1News.co.uk (@Formula1newsUK) May 12, 2023
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Adding to this entertainment value, many celebrities were spotted at the Miami GP. Adding to the showmanship, live driver introductions were done on the track, which was not welcomed by most of the drivers. However, it was not only celebrities who visited the track. Billionaires like Elon Musk were spotted in the Red Bull garage, whereas Jeff Bezos was spotted near the McLaren side of the paddock.
Many speculated that the Billionaires were there to look for a sponsorship opportunity on an F1 car as it’s the hottest growing sport in the world. However, according to a Tweet uploaded by Formula1.co.uk, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos are actually interested in purchasing Formula 1.
This triggered a very unwelcoming response from the fans. Despite having a combined net worth of $317,300,000,000, fans resisted the idea as they asked the Entrepreneurs to stay away from Formula 1. Let’s see what the fans have to say about it.
Fans react to Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk preparing a mega offer to buy F1
Fans took to Twitter to express their concern regarding the possibility of a takeover by Musk and Bezos. Many fans suggested that the Billionaires taking over the sport would be the final nail in the coffin and the end of the sport. Others asked them to stay away from the sport. Let’s see how the fans reacted.
That would be the final nail in the coffin for F1 as a motorsport
— DJB (@Shmormula1) May 12, 2023
And that ladies and gentlemen, is the final nail in the coffin https://t.co/gZe9NVJUUJ
— C🙏 IS SEEING BEYONCE (Fan Account) (@IMTHATMERC) May 12, 2023
goodbye F1 it was nice knowing you https://t.co/RRjYFNQ1gc
— thes (@twentycars) May 12, 2023
what the fuck STAY AWAY https://t.co/hsum4PY1T4 pic.twitter.com/bRWn93CHy0
— adi🧬 (@vettelterrorism) May 12, 2023
BRO STAY AWAY PLS https://t.co/DlXZ04BDVl
— antonia🍊 (@Wald_Mensch_) May 12, 2023
Many fans suggested that Elon Musk will start putting a Tesla on the grid while others suggested that they would kill themselves if the deal actually happens.
NOOOOOOOOOOO LEAVE ME ALONE PLEASE. Musk will start entering his Tesla https://t.co/y10jk2bS5D
— Car 😮 (@CarGoVroomFast) May 12, 2023
i would fucking kill myself
— ruby (@doobybuster) May 12, 2023
I will kill myself
— A.lex (@Axsja_) May 12, 2023
Oh dear god NO
— 🏁@F1FansPitstop🏁 MotorSport 🏁 Single Seaters 🏁 (@f1fanspitstop) May 12, 2023
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It's been ruined enough as it is thanks to Drive To Survive. Maybe this will be the death…. https://t.co/6t1QdDRhA6
— Welshswan 🏴 (@WelshSwan) May 12, 2023
Some explained how the realism aspect of F1 has already been killed by Drive to Survive and that the takeover by the Billionaires will be the death of the sport.
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