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Originally Posted by Skam85
Nor should it, F1 is a sport not a political outlet.
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Oh come off it ! Modern F1 gives any regime the ability to willy wave and show off to its neighbours - why else would Azerbaijan have a GP ? It sure isn't their rich motorsport heritage is it ? Only 14 people and a dog even turn up to the Baku race .
And Ecclestone cosying up , and very publically , to Putin at Sochi , a few months after Russia's annexation of Crimea - was that really Vlad's hitherto unknown interest in V6 hybrid technology or - just a wild guess - a political act ?