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F1 Bernie slams flash Flav ban

Bernie Ecclestone From The Sun

Published 25 September 2009

BERNIE ECCLESTONE has risked infuriating already angry F1 fans by sucking up to old pal Flavio Briatore. Billionaire Ecclestone was on the World Motor Sport Council that banned former Renault team chief Briatore for fixing last year's Singapore Grand Prix. But incredibly the F1 supremo now claims he reckons the shamed Italian - and fellow co-owner of football club QPR - was treated too harshly. Briatore, 59, was banned indefinitely from FIA-sanctioned events for his…