Apr.6 (GMM) Bernie Ecclestone in Malaysia seemed nonplussed when it was put to him that Sunday’s ‘twilight’ race was a disaster
When the race director finally pulled the plug on the Sepang event after 32 laps, it was only the fifth time in modern F1 history – and the first time since 1991 – that weather had shortened a grand prix
F1 chief executive Ecclestone’s ‘twilight’ concept thus immediately came under the radar, because evening monsoonal rain is common near Kuala Lumpur, and the 5pm start-time meant that fading light was another concern
Malaysia’s prime minister and the local boss of the track on Sunday admitted the episode has endangered the future of twilight racing
But Ecclestone told Germany’s Bild newspaper: “It was a good show anyway, wasn’t it?”n
