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Ecclestone looking to change race format?

In a move which will have purists throwing up their hands in disgust, Bernie Ecclestone has admitted that he believes the current race day format needs to be changed. Looking to other sports where there are natural breaks, the F1 supremo believes that two forty-minute races would better suit contemporary viewing habits. 'People have a much shorter attention spans and a lot of sports are looking at introducing shorter forms of their games,' he told the Sunday Times. 'The television audiences went up for Brazil,' he revealed, referring to last week's race which saw two race stoppages due to crashes caused by the poor weather conditions. 'We had a long race with the heavy rain and a couple of...
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