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Bahrain GP stupid - Ecclestone
Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone believes the Bahrain government were 'stupid in a lot of ways' to host a Grand Prix, because of the opportunity it gives to political protestors. Sunday's race is taking place amid a week of protests organised by opponents to the ruling royal family. Some MPs and protest groups have called for it to be cancelled. 'The government here were stupid, in a lot of ways, to put this race on,' he said. Ecclestone interview BBC Sport's Dan Roan: I understand the argument between politics and sport and sometimes it's not for sport to make those decisions but do you think there's a line and F1 has to make a decision...are there certain places F1 can't go? For instance...
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