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Ecclestone plays down Bahrain problems
16 April, 2013 Bernie Ecclestone with Bahrain Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa
F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has toned down his comments ahead of the weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix.
Earlier, amid reports of explosions near the Formula 1 circuit linked directly to anti-government protests against the race, the Formula 1 chief executive simply issued a blank denial.
'What's happened? They're demonstrating now? I didn't know that,' he told AP news agency. 'There's nobody demonstrating.'
However, even the government confirmed Sunday's attack by a 'terrorist group', while the group itself admitted it blew up the car 'in opposition to holding the Formula 1 race'.
And bringing the...
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