Ecclestone banned from Twitter Posted by: Admin on Jan 28, 2013 - 06:31 AM

Ecclestone banned from Twitter Bernie Ecclestone is banned from using Twitter. Former Olympic chief Michael Payne now works as the F1 chief executive's special advisor.

France's RMC Sport quotes him as saying: "I suggested to him (Ecclestone) that he should be on Twitter.

"But he told me that his lawyers have forbidden him, fearing a catastrophe," Payne laughed.

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