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Ecclestone: The tractor should never have been there
Formula 1 is as safe as it has ever been but danger will always be part of the sport, commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone said after the death of French driver Jules Bianchi, but questions why a heavy duty tractor was allowed track-side during the race. 'If you were to choose to have an accident today in anything, you'd choose a Formula One because it's probably the safest it's ever been,' the 84-year-old Briton told BBC radio. 'What actually happened to Jules was just very, very, very unfortunate. 'Of course it's dangerous,' he added of the sport. 'They have 20 races a year, so you see how many accidents there are. We do our best, or always have done our best, for driver safety.'...
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