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Ecclestone: Formula 1 is safe

Bernie Ecclestone has told Sky Sports News Formula 1 is safe - and that he will press ahead with plans to make cars faster and more challenging - despite Jules Bianchi's death. The Formula 1 supremo says Bianchi was a great talent lost to the sport but he believes the Frenchman would have wanted the sport to continue to evolve. Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice, southern France, on Friday after nine months in a coma following his horrific accident at the Japanese Grand Prix last October. Ecclestone has described Bianchi's death as a "great loss" 'First he was a very, very, very nice person,' Ecclestone told Sky Sports News HQ. 'Secondly, he was very talented, so it's a great...
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