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So afraid of loosing his money tree, now he blames Totto! His hipocracy disgusts me! Honestly, I hope the grid drops low enough so Bernie's contract becomes void and the FIA take over again!
"I will try to intervene and convince the FIA," said Ecclestone. "And if certain people complain, let them complain. I guarantee that we will win.
"After 50 years of work, I will not allow formula one to be destroyed out of pure selfishness."
It was certainly a mistake to let the competitors think up the rules for the sport, which suited Bernie down to the ground when he was chief executive of FOCA in 1981 when he negotiated with FISA & the FIA for the first Concorde agreement in 1981.
Maurizio: I know this great retirement village just north of Rome, you'll absolutely love it.
Good ole Bernie back to his inconsistent form.
If someone said to me that you can have three wishes, my first would have been to get into racing, my second to be in Formula 1, my third to drive for Ferrari.
Have you ever had an old uncle that yells out random crazy stuff; so much crazy stuff, in fact, that the whole family has become desensitized to all of it?
Bernie Ecclestone on Sunday confirmed F1's newest host nation is Azerbaijan.
It was already known that the sport's chief executive had inked a deal for a street race in Baku, the capital of the oil-rich former Soviet country.
But earlier this week, it emerged that the Formula One Group had published a human rights policy vowing to respect "human rights in all of our activities".
But several independent bodies, such as Human Rights Watch, have repeatedly criticised the Azerbaijani government for its human rights record, including arbitrary arrests, indefinite detentions, beatings and torture.
Ecclestone, however, said in Bahrain: "Baku? No problem. That's going to be another good race."
Asked if he had conducted the "due diligence" promised in his the policy, he added: "We have. I think everybody seems to be happy. Doesn't seem to be any big problem there."
It appears Azerbaijan could be on the calendar while the historic Italian grand prix is not, as Monza race organisers are yet to agree a new deal with Ecclestone.
Reporters on Sunday told Ecclestone F1 without Monza is unthinkable.
"I was told that when we didn't have a race in France actually. And Germany now," he said. "We've got some good replacements, haven't we?"
