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Ecclestone: F1 is dangerous

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone believes that the sport is as safe as it has ever been, despite the death of Jules Bianchi last week. Bianchi passed away in the early hours of Saturday morning, nine months after crashing his Marussia into a recovery vehicle in wet conditions at the Japanese Grand Prix. The 25-year-old suffered a diffused axonal injury and never regained consciousness. The Frenchman's death was the first as a result of an accident during an F1 race since Ayrton Senna was killed at Imola in 1994. Ecclestone bemoaned the tragic loss of such a young life, but added that F1 safety is at an all time high. “First he was a very, very, very nice person,”...
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