Former F1 chief called Russian president ‘first-class person’ in Good Morning Britain interview and blamed war on Zelenskiy
Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates
Formula One has sought to distance itself from remarks made by its former chief executive, Bernie Ecclestone, who said he would “take a bullet” for the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, whom he described as “a first-class person”.
Ecclestone, who reportedly has been friends with Putin since the introduction of the Russian Grand Prix in 2014, said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could have been avoided if the latter’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, had done more.
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