Ecclestone denies rejecting F1's teen audience


Formula One commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone arrives for the drivers' parade before the first Russian Grand Prix in Sochi October 12, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Formula One's commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone has denied saying he was not interested in the youth audience because they did not buy expensive watches or bank with the sport's sponsors.

"I never said younger generation, I said children. The question to me was children," the 84-year-old told Reuters at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

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