When the Liberty Media Corporation took over Formula One in January 2017, the most immediate impact was the ousting of Bernie Ecclestone, who had run the sport for decades.

Chase Carey, an American whose résumé includes long stints with the News Corporation and DirecTV, was named chief executive of the Formula One Group. A regular presence in the sport’s paddock, Carey’s style of leadership has been to act first and talk later. It has made for a striking change for a sport that had long conducted negotiations via public salvos.

“If I go back, I feel pretty good about what we’ve achieved and where we’ve gotten to in 12 months,” Carey said in an interview. “Because we don’t go out and talk about where we are in various discussions doesn’t mean there isn’t a lot of stuff going on, but it has complexities to it that we’re wrestling to the ground.”

The coming year will be important because the Ecclestone-era commercial agreements binding teams, determining the system of governance and the distribution of the prize fund will expire in 2020. The deals have historically taken several years of negotiating, and discussions on the shape of Formula One are underway.