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Ecclestone can imagine St Petersburg switch

Sep.28 Bernie Ecclestone says he can imagine the Russian GP relocating to St Petersburg. The former F1 supremo, who is an admitted admirer of controversial president Vladimir Putin, was the mastermind behind F1's move to Sochi in 2014. Now in the paddock of the former Olympic venue this weekend, he told Ria Novosti news agency: "Russia is part of the Formula 1 family. You should always have a race. "I heard that it could change to St Petersburg. Let's wait and see what happens, but I like St Petersburg. "If it happens, we will have to see what is better and what is worse. It's like three years in a marriage - you don't know what it will be like until you live those three...
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