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Ecclestone: The real danger in Formula 1 has gone

Bernie Ecclestone was a teenager when the first British Grand Prix took place in 1950 at Silverstone and much has changed at the highest level – from a sport in which drivers were lucky to survive a race, let alone a season, to one which some claim is too safe these days. Ahead of the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix, the 89-year-old spoke to the Daily Mail from his home in Switzerland, recalled how Nino Farina won for Alfa Romeo and he (19 at the time) slept in his car the night before competing in the Formula 3 race on the support bill! Formally known as The Royal Automobile Club Grand Prix d'Europe Incorporating The British Grand Prix, Ecclestone recollected the weekend, 'Nobody who...
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