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After ruling with an iron fst for as long as we can remember Bernie Ecleston has sold F1 to Liberty Media, a move that seems to have been universally applauded. Although responsible for turning the sport into the global machine that it is today it was time to move over, time for change.As we enter a new era, the new broom has already started sweeping within the organisation hopefully restoring some of the access that attracts the global brands and re-engages with the fans.The rule changes see some of the most radical for a while, so let’s hope they are the reset button that gets teams actually racing each other and from what we saw in Barcelona it could be a great season. More excitement we hope so. Closer racing? We need it. Glamour? We live in hope. The only thing we know for sure is the cars have bigger wheels…CHANGESNEW OWNERS, NEW RULES AND BIGGER BOOTSWORDS / intro Craig Blake-Jones - teams John J Breen PICTURES / John J Breen149