After a storm – that of the racist epithet pronounced by Nelson Piquet in regard to Lewis Hamilton – another one immediately opens, on a communicative level, for the world of F1. In fact, the shocking statements made by the former Circus boss have become a coincidence Bernie Ecclestone to the program Good Morning Britaintransmitted by ITV, about Vladimir Putin and to war in Ukraine. Ecclestone is a well-known personal friend of the Russian president, whom he had already defended several times in the past, going so far as to say that he is ready to “take a bullet” for him. Contacted to talk about their controversial relationship, the former FOM number one has not retracted his words at all, quite the contrary. Despite the invasion war unleashed by Russia against the Ukrainian people, Ecclestone did not hesitate to justify the actions of the Russian dictator.
“I’d still take a bullet for him – reiterated the 91 British entrepreneur – because he is a first class person and what he is doing he has done because he believes it is the right thing for Russia. Unfortunately like many people who do business, certainly like me, we make mistakes from time to time. And when you make mistakes you look for the best way out“. Ecclestone then completely overturned the responsibility plan, attacking – without ever naming him – the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskii. “In Ukraine they have a person who worked as a comedian – said Mr. E – who seems to want to keep doing that job. If he had thought about the situation he would have made a much bigger effort to talk to Putin, who is a sensitive person, and he would have listened to him and probably would have something about it.“.
Pressed by reporters in the studio about the thousands of deaths the Russian-Ukrainian war is causing, Ecclestone insisted: “It wasn’t intentional. Look how many times America went up against various countries that had nothing to do with them. They like wars, because they sell a lot of weapons. It’s good for them. Should Zelenskii have done more to avoid this and not Putin? Absolutely yes“, He commented. Ecclestone’s words obviously quickly went around the world, causing not a little bewilderment even at the top of F1. Ecclestone, who handed over control of the Circus to Liberty Media at the end of the 2016 season, served as president emeritus from 2017 to 2020, before being dismissed from that role as well. In any case, F1 wanted to further distance itself from the former manager, releasing an official statement in which Ecclestone’s comments are defined “his personal opinions, in ncontrast with the position of the modern values of our sport“.
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