F1 have issued a response to Bernie Ecclestone’s Good Morning Britain interview, in which he left presenters Kate Garraway and Ben Shepherd stunned with an alarming defence of Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine. The 91-year-old also criticised President Zelensky and claimed his nation could have avoided the conflict with Russia.
In a statement on the sport's former chief's comments, F1 said: “The comments made by Bernie Ecclestone are his personal views and are in very stark contrast to the position of the modern values of our sport.”
Ecclestone gave his view on Putin’s invasion in Ukraine, and proceeded to defend the Russian in an extraordinary manner..
