Appearing on ITV's Good Morning Britain on Thursday morning, Ecclestone came out in defence of Putin, saying he "believed he was doing the right thing for Russia", and blamed Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy for failing to engage in dialogue with his counterpart.
Formula 1 quickly distanced itself from the remarks in a statement which read: "The comments made by Bernie Ecclestone are his personal views and are in very stark contrast to position of the modern values of our sport.
Ecclestone, 91, said of Putin on GMB: "Unfortunately he's like a lot of business people, certainly like me, that we make mistakes from time to time and when you make the mistake, you have to do the best you can to get out of it.
Eccelestone is believed to be on holiday on Ibiza.
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Lots of bullets out there with Putins name on them. I'm sure there is one spare.
He was not called the Poisoned Dwarf for nothing. Nurse take Bernie back to the care home please.
Proof that wealth is no guarantee of decency or moral fibre.
I thought the Baleares were trying to attract a better class of tourists, not lowlife like this.
BECAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR...!!!!!