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Ecclestone rejects criticism of new F1 races
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Bernie Ecclestone says he stands by his decision to take Formula 1 into new territories around the world. The former F1 commercial rights holder insisted that he believed deals to hold Grand Prix events in Bahrain, China and Russia had benefited the sport. In an interview with Sky Sports News' Craig Slater, Ecclestone pointed out that he'd started the process in the 1980s with a race that's now considered a stalwart of the championship. "When I put the race in Hungary, it was behind the Iron Curtain. The contracts and the deals I made were with the KGB, as it happens. "I wanted to get out of Europe. The world is a bit bigger than Europe. That's why I think...
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