Bernie Ecclestone has said sorry for making controversial comments about Russian president Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine. The ex-Formula One chief, 91, told ITV's Good Morning Britain last month that Putin was a "first-class person" and that he would "take a bullet" for him.
Ecclestone also said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was not "intentional", and President Volodymyr Zelensky could have done more to avert the conflict. But in a video broadcast on Sky Sports on Saturday, Ecclestone said: “It would probably be good for me to get some things off my chest as well, things that have been bothering me about what I said and what people think I’ve said.
“Often people, I think, come out and say things or do things without really too much thinking. Probably I did the same, and I can understand people thinking I’m defending what he’s done in Ukraine, which I don’t.
