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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Liam Prenderville

Bernie Ecclestone returns to F1 paddock for first time since Vladimir Putin comments

Bernie Ecclestone has returned to the Formula One paddock ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix this weekend.

Former F1 supremo Ecclestone, 92, has not been at a race event since before lockdown in Abu Dhabi in 2019 amid fury over comments he made about Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Speaking about the Russian invasion of Ukraine in June, Ecclestone claimed he would "take a bullet" for Putin. F1 bosses distanced themselves from Ecclestone's comments and branded them a "stark contrast" to the values they share with the sporting world.

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