The former F1 boss on the cancellation of the Russian GP and Putin’s actions: “He has always been direct and honest with me, always doing what he promised”
“He is a reliable person, and of his word”, with these terms Bernie Ecclestone, former F1 patron, described Vladimir Putin in the course of an interview granted to the radio station ‘Times Radio’ regarding the cancellation of the Russian GP. The Sochi race, in fact, was canceled from the F1 2022 calendar following the unanimous decision of F1, FIA and teams following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops.
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judging from the outside
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While waiting to know the name of the circuit that will replace the Russian GP, initially scheduled for 25 September, Ecclestone defended Putin: “I don’t think it makes any difference whether or not there will be a GP in Russia compared to what is happening in the world – the words of Ecclestone -. How can someone from the outside judge exactly what is happening today? “.
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person of his word
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So Putin’s defense: “As an interlocutor – continues Ecclestone -, I have always found him direct and honest. He has always done what he promised to do, without discussion”. To those who pointed out that the Russian president changed his opinion on the invasion of Ukraine, first excluding an armed intervention, then carrying it out, Ecclestone coldly replied: “The conditions change, don’t they?”.
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