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Ecclestone under fire for silly comments about F1
Bernie Ecclestone is taking flak amid Formula 1's tumultuous beginning to another world championship season. World champion Sebastian Vettel, a traditional ally of the F1 supremo, questioned the decision to shake up the qualifying format mere days before the circus heads for Australia, agreeing it demonstrates a lack of 'leadership'. The Ferrari driver is not alone. Mercedes president Dieter Zetsche hit out at Ecclestone's recent characterisation of F1 as a sport that is not worth spending money on a ticket. 'I don't understand how someone who is not only the CEO but partial owner of that product talks that way about this product,' he said. 'At the Geneva motor show I was not going on the...
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