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Ecclestone denies saying F1 is crap

As the hybrid power units whirred, Bernie Ecclestone's "crap" comment echoed around the paddock of the Red Bull Ring. "That's a good sales strategy," Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff said ironically, when told that the sport's supremo had used the four-letter word to denounce formula one. But even Ecclestone was surprised when told that he had described the increasingly out-of-favour pinnacle of motor sport as a "crap product". "Really? I don't know who said that. Bad quote," the 84-year-old told reporters in Austria. Actually, Ecclestone had uttered the words recently to the respected AFP news agency, but he was clearly referring only to the quiet,...
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