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Marchionne dismisses Ecclestone claim as 'hogwash'

He's thousands of miles away celebrating his 87th birthday, but nonetheless Bernie Ecclestone has come to upstaging world champion elect Lewis Hamilton's day of glory as he lobs a greande into the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez paddock. Speaking exclusively to La Repubblica, the former F1 supremo not only said Mercedes had assisted with Ferrari's engine this year, thereby allowing the Italian team to mount a serious challenge, but that over the years the sport, especially on Max Mosley's watch, conspired to draft the rules in order that they favour the Italian marque. 'Helping Ferrari has always been the smartest thing to do,' he said. 'And it always has always been done through the...
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