(FILE PHOTO) US Media Firm Liberty Media is set to buy Formula 1 for $4.4bn/£3.3bn. Bernie Ecclestone is due to remain as chief executive with Chase Carey, vice-chairman of 21st Century Fox to become the new chairman. MONTMELO, SPAIN - MAY 15: F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone on the grid during the Spanish Formula One Grand Prix at Circuit de Catalunya on May 15, 2016 in Montmelo, Spain. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)

(FILE PHOTO) US Media Firm Liberty Media is set to buy Formula 1 for $4.4bn/£3.3bn. Bernie Ecclestone is due to remain as chief executive with Chase Carey, vice-chairman of 21st Century Fox to become the new chairman. BAKU, AZERBAIJAN - JUNE 18: F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone in the Paddock during qualifying for the European Formula One Grand Prix at Baku City Circuit on June 18, 2016 in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Photo by Charles Coates/Getty Images)

(FILE PHOTO) US Media Firm Liberty Media is set to buy Formula 1 for $4.4bn/£3.3bn. Bernie Ecclestone is due to remain as chief executive with Chase Carey, vice-chairman of 21st Century Fox to become the new chairman. SUN VALLEY, ID - JULY 11: Chase Carey, President, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chairman of News Corporation, attends the Allen & Co., annual conference on July 11, 2013 in Sun Valley, Idaho. The resort will host corporate leaders for the 31th annual Allen & Co. media and technology conference where some of the wealthiest and most powerful executives in media, finance, politics and tech gather for a weeklong meetings which begins Tuesday. Past attendees included Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

(FILE PHOTO) US Media Firm Liberty Media is set to buy Formula 1 for $4.4bn/£3.3bn. Bernie Ecclestone is due to remain as chief executive with Chase Carey, vice-chairman of 21st Century Fox to become the new chairman. CENTURY CITY, CA - OCTOBER 16: President, Chief Operating Officer, and Deputy Chairman of News Corporation Chase Carey (L) and Chairman and CEO of News Corporation Rupert Murdoch attend The Paley Center for Media's 2013 benefit gala honoring FX Networks with the Paley Prize for Innovation & Excellence at Fox Studio Lot on October 16, 2013 in Century City, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

(FILE PHOTO) US Media Firm Liberty Media is set to buy Formula 1 for $4.4bn/£3.3bn. Bernie Ecclestone is due to remain as chief executive with Chase Carey, vice-chairman of 21st Century Fox to become the new chairman. SPA, BELGIUM - AUGUST 22: F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone looks on in the paddock during qualifying for the Formula One Grand Prix of Belgium at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on August 22, 2015 in Spa, Belgium. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)

(FILES) This file photo taken on September 02, 2016 shows Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone speaking on the phone as he walks down the paddock after the first practice session at the Autodromo Nazionale circuit in Monza ahead of the Italian Formula One Grand Prix. US communications billionaire John Malone's Liberty Media announced Wednesday, September 7, 2016 it had sealed a deal to buy the iconic racing business Formula One for $4.4 billion. Liberty said it would keep Bernie Ecclestone, who has long controlled the racing group, as Formula One chief executive, but also named Chase Carey, the vice chairman of 21st Century Fox, as the company's new chairman. / AFP PHOTO / ANDREJ ISAKOVICANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP/Getty Images

DARLINGTON, SC - SEPTEMBER 04: Martin Truex, Jr., driver of the #78 Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota, poses for a photo with the winner's trophy in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on September 4, 2016 in Darlington, South Carolina. (Photo by Jerry Markland/Getty Images)

DARLINGTON, SC - SEPTEMBER 04: Martin Truex, Jr., driver of the #78 Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota, celebrates with champagne and crew members in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on September 4, 2016 in Darlington, South Carolina. (Photo by Jerry Markland/Getty Images)