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Villeneuve: We need to restore F1's glory and prestige

Formula 1 must return to its glorious roots or risk collapsing, according to 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve. The French Canadian is just the latest in a long line of insiders, experts and pundits who are exasperated at the current off-track goings-on at the pinnacle of motor sport. The turmoil reached its peak last week when the F1 drivers' body, the normally safety-oriented GPDA, issued a rare letter blasting the status quo. 'I can only share the opinion of the drivers,' F1 legend and Mercedes team chairman Niki Lauda told Sky Sport News HD. 'What is going on in formula one is not good.' 'Everyone is taking his own position, each the blocking the other, so there is no agreement,'...
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