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Ecclestone: Customer teams can't really happen

  In Canada, the discussion about so-called ‘customer' or ‘franchise' Formula 1 cars have moved on, with the biggest teams pushing to be the only ‘constructors' at the pinnacle of the sport, supplying full packages to their smaller rivals. 'The teams aspiring to do that are just trying to secure additional revenues that they are otherwise not entitled to,' Sauber team co-owner and boss Monisha Kaltenborn is quoted by the German press. Force India's Bob Fernley agrees: 'That agenda, I believe, is about getting total control from a power and financial point of view. I do believe it is a clear power move from those teams.' Indeed, it is now believed that even Bernie...
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