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Williams to head ‘new generation’ working group

F1 has created a new working group with an eye on future generations. Bernie Ecclestone caused a stir recently when he said he was not interested in marketing the sport to young people because it is 70-year-olds who have the money to buy a Rolex. But even his close friend Christian Horner, boss of the trendy energy drink-owned F1 team Red Bull, hinted Ecclestone's comments were a concern. 'When you're 84,' he said, 'a 70-year-old is still pretty young.' Ecclestone, however, hit back by denying he ever spoke against the world's ‘younger generation'. 'I said children,' he told Reuters recently. 'I don't know how many six or seven-year-old kids there are with a Rolex.' But Ecclestone...
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