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Azerbaijan GP boss hits out at "ignorant" Liberty criticism

Azerbaijan Grand Prix promoter Arif Rahimov has hit back at Liberty Media boss Greg Maffei aftger criticised the Baku F1 event. Speaking at Deutsche Bank conference in Florida last week, the Liberty president and CEO referred to the potential expansion of the F1 calendar and markets that were of interest. He then cited Baku as an example of a race that did not contribute to the overall growth of the sport, implying that the fee was of more significance to former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone. "I think it's our job to do far more to help the promoters to be successful," Maffei told the audience. "Frankly Bernie's attitude was, 'How much can I extract from them?' I heard him call...
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