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Ecclescake: No fears over Bahrain GP
by Virgil Ellipse
16th Feb 2012
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.
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says Formula One teams have absolutely no concerns about the situation in Bahrain and insists that the race will go ahead as planned.
"The teams are not the slightest bit concerned," he said. "They seem happy that things will go ahead without problems."
The teams can't really protest about racing in Bahrain, of course, when not one of them is even questioning whether or not they ought to go to Malaysia or China, which probably have worse human rights records but enjoy the distinct advantage of not being in the news so much at the moment.
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