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Virgin boss hits back at Ecclestone

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Bernie Ecclestone: 'I think there are a couple of teams in Formula One who really shouldn't be there' © Getty Images
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Virgin boss John Booth has hit back after Bernie Ecclestone predicted two of F1's struggling teams might fold before the end of the season.

Ecclestone has gone on record saying two teams in question "really shouldn't be there" and that he would be happy if the grid dropped to just 20 cars. "They're a bit out of their depth at the moment."

"I wasn't particularly pleased, because comments like that for a team like ours can do great damage," Booth told motorsport-total.com. "It's difficult for us at the moment as it is for other teams, and for all the new teams", adding such remarks were "destabilising".

"If you look at what we have built up so far, it's not all bad. In Formula One there have been probably 30 or 40 new teams, some of which never qualified for a race. But we are there at the start of every race and, step by step, we are getting closer.

"We are where we expected we would be, and maybe even a bit further ahead than that."

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