F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone has yet again stirred up the press after he praised Adolf Hitler for his ability to “get things done”.

The 78-year-old billionaire was quoted by The Times to have said the current batch of politicians are too weak and he hailed ‘strong leaders' such as Hitler and Margaret Thatcher.

"In a lot of ways, [and it is] terrible to say this I suppose, but apart from the fact that Hitler got taken away and persuaded to do things that I have no idea whether he wanted to do or not, he was in the way that he could command a lot of people, able to get things done," Ecclestone told the paper.

The F1 surpremo also backed his buddy Max Mosley, saying that he would make a fine Prime Minister for the United Kingdom.

"Max would do a super job. He's a good leader with people. I don't think his background [as the son of Sir Oswald Mosley, the leader of the British Union of Fascists] would be a problem."