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F1:
Ecclescake downplays volcano ash threat
by Mathias Olaf Uncertain
19th Apr 2010
Formula 1 supremo
Bernie Ecclescake
ECCLESTONE, BERNIE
Bernie and Slavica Ecclestone: it's hard to say who looks more uncomfortable.
F1 supremo Bernard Charles Ecclestone owns various bits of Formula One and has done since the 1970s, all of which has made him a very rich man. He also co-owns QPR Football Club, which does at least demonstrate that not all his decisions are spot-on.
In his time, Ecclestone has managed drivers, owned teams, sold TV rights he probably didn't have in the first place and married someone 28 years younger and 28cm taller than him. He has also developed a slightly bewildering antipathy towards Silverstone.
TIGRA 16v: The tooltip with lowered suspension and a racing windscreen wiper
says that the stratospheric ash from the Icelandic volcano poses no threat to next month's Spanish Grand Prix taking place.
"The Icelandic volcano poses no threat to next month's Spanish Grand Prix taking place," he said.
"Everything will be all right," he added. "I've come to an agreement with Vulcan and Thor. They'll sort it. They owe me."
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