Overview
- Greg Maffei said Tuesday at Sportico’s Invest New York conference that he expects Formula 1 to be sold and taken off the public markets within two years.
- F1’s market value is near $28 billion and Maffei suggested a buyer would likely pay about $30 billion based on the sport’s recent cash‑flow growth.
- Liberty’s earlier exchange of John Malone’s super‑voting shares reduced his voting stake from roughly 48% to about 3%, which leaves the board freer to weigh any serious bid.
- Observers name sovereign wealth funds, private equity consortia or a management‑style buyout with team partners as the most likely buyer groups but any sale would need approval from the FIA, which controls F1’s intellectual property and long‑term commercial rights.
- The push for a sale rests on the view that F1’s rapid expansion since Liberty’s 2017 purchase has already driven most upside, which could limit public‑market gains and make a private deal more attractive to shareholders and big investors.