Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain drives during a free practice session ahead of the weekend's Belgian F1 Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, August 21, 2015. REUTERS/Yves Herman
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium (Reuters) - Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone met disgruntled Belgian dairy farmers on Saturday after fears they could blockade the country's grand prix circuit in a campaign for higher milk prices.
The 84-year-old Briton talked to a farmers' leader in front of a plastic cow in the fan village at the Spa circuit and then chugged from a litre of milk -- jokingly pretending to faint as he did so.
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