Asked what he did need, Ecclestone said: “Someone with their feet on the
ground.”
Fuller recently subcontracted veteran Formula
One manager Didier Coton to accompany Hamilton to races, and
Ecclestone said he hoped it would work out.
The 81 year-old, who was speaking at a press conference to announce a new
multi-year deal with Indian company, Tata Communications, to be Formula
One’s technical supplier, repeated that he was “100 per cent” confident that
the Bahrain Grand Prix would take place, adding that no team or sponsor had
expressed any concerns to him.
The Daily Telegraph understands that privately there are many within
the sport who fear that the race could exacerbate unrest in the country.