Bernie Ecclestone once said he would very happily “stand in front” Vladimir Putin if the Russian president was ever confronted by a machine gun wielding soldier.
Even for the controversial ex- Formula 1 chief that was quite the statement to make, considering his comments at the time proceeded Russia ’s annexation of Crimea in 2014.
Fast forward to the present day, the 91-year-old businessman metaphorically threw himself in the line of fire for Putin once again.
