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Carey apologised to Baku for F1 criticisms
Baku race chief Arif Rahimov says Formula 1’s new CEO Chase Carey phoned him to apologise for remarks made by Liberty Media about the event not being good for the sport. Liberty president and CEO Greg Maffei caused a stir earlier this year when he suggested that races like Baku had only been added to the F1 calendar by Bernie Ecclestone for money reasons. "Frankly Bernie's attitude was, 'How much can I extract from them?' I heard him call them the victims! 'How much can I extract, how much up front?' ” said Maffei. "So we end up with races in places like Baku in Azerbaijan, where they paid us a big race fee, but it does nothing to build the long-term brand and health of the...
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