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Ecclestone claims he offered to pay Lewis Hamilton's salary because F1 ‘needs a person of colour, a Chinese and a woman'

The already controversial figure of Bernie Ecclestone has become yet more questionable, after further unexplainable comments. Ecclestone staggeringly said on both ITV's ‘Good Morning Britain' and Talk TV's ‘Piers Morgan Uncensored' that he'd 'take a bullet' for Vladimir Putin. The former F1 CEO has now said that Sir Lewis Hamilton is 'full of rubbish', and that F1 needs a 'person of colour, a Chinese and a woman'. Ecclestone called Hamilton 'incredibly rude', after the seven-time World Champion said Ecclestone should lose his 'platform' to speak freely. Not only has the 91-year-old defended the invasion of Ukraine, but he has also defended Nelson Piquet Sr. Footage from last...
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