Two years after Bernie Ecclestone apologised for saying he would “take a bullet” for his friend Vladimir Putin, Ecclestone has pledged his allegiance to another world leader: Donald Trump.

Lewis Hamilton has been urged to stop his colourful non-racing forays by Bernie Ecclestone ... president Vladimir Putin a few months after Russia invaded Ukraine. Yet Ecclestone has now ...

“Bernie’s idea of an advance was yes ... Ecclestone’s expression of admiration of Putin – whom Ecclestone claimed he would “take a bullet for” – resulted in F1 moving to distance ...