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US GP boss says Ecclestone entitled to his opinion

United States Grand Prix boss Jason Dial has responded to disparaging remarks made about America by Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone. In the days leading into this weekend's Austin race, the formula one chief ruffled feathers by backing Russian president Vladimir Putin and admitting he is 'not very enthusiastic' about Western democracy and particularly America. 'Obviously, he's entitled to his opinion,' Dial, the president of the Circuit of the Americas, told Sports Business Daily. 'The team principals that we talk to unabashedly state how important the US market is to them and their sponsors.' Dial did admit that the United States is 'still under development' when it comes to fully...
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