Bernie Ecclestone needs to brush up on his media skills

Another one to add to the Bernie Ecclestone books of moronic quotes he’s known for.

In recent times the F1 supremo has raised eyebrows with his praises of Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein, and now in bad taste, Ecclestone was quoted saying the death of Ayrton Senna as “good for F1.”

Ecclestone in full extract said, “He was unfortunate but the publicity generated by his death was so much … It was good for F1. It was a shame that we had to lose Ayrton, but it happened. He was very popular, but the actual event interested so many people who did not know about the sport.”

To think he made that comment in Senna’s home country of Brazil last weekend, where home hero Senna twice triumphed.

Of course after that Ecclestone clarified his comments that while it was “unfortunate” to have lost the three-time world champion widely, his comments was directed at the fact that the world will remember F1 greatest driver for his death most, which ultimately helped the sport attract new followers.

Still Bernie, you could have rephrased it better dude when asked by the media, it would have saved you plenty of bad press.