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Liberty should pay Spa fans for two-lap race – Ecclestone

Aug.31 Bernie Ecclestone has blasted Formula 1's handling of the farcical two-lap Belgian GP. The former F1 supremo, who has been a regular critic of Liberty Media since he was ousted as the sport's CEO, called Sunday at Spa a 'disaster'. 'You have no influence on the weather, but you do have influence over how you deal with it,' Ecclestone, 90, told f1-insider.com. 'You could tell that nobody wanted to take responsibility and make decisions. In the end they did everything wrong together.' Ecclestone even sides with Lewis Hamilton, who he often criticises, for pointing out that the two laps behind the safety car was essentially a cynical move motivated by money. 'How can you do the two...
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