Bernie Ecclestone has called for Russian drivers to return to F1 while launching a bizarre show of support to Vladimir Putin. The former F1 supremo took part in an interview with Good Morning Britain in which he pleaded for the banned drivers to be reinstated.
Speaking from Ibiza, the 91-year-old said: “I’m not in the position now to have done anything about that. I’m not sure I would have stopped that. I think it's wrong to stop Russian athletes, including drivers, from taking part in their sport. They didn’t get involved in this in the first place so they shouldn’t be punished.”
Ecclestone proceeded to comment further on Putin’s invasion in Ukraine, and defended him in an alarming way. “I would still take a bullet for him. I’d rather it didn’t hurt but I would still take a bullet,” he added. "What he’s doing is something that he believed was the right thing he was doing for Russia."
