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F1 supremo Ecclestone struggling to sell ‘crap product’

Bernie Ecclestone says he is struggling to sell a 'crap product' to the public in the new era of Formula one. The F1 supremo has said consistently that the ‘power unit' regulations are a major reason for the decline in popularity of the sport he has ruled for decades. 'I was talking to some engineers the other day and I told them that I was always pretty good at selling used cars, and I still am,' Ecclestone, 84, is quoted in an interview published in French by the AFP news agency. 'But I told them they have given me a crap product to sell,' he insisted. F1 legend Alain Prost said recently that the sport's biggest problem is that the overly complex rules of today were designed by...
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