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Plans for two-day race weekends scrapped
In its determination to re-shape Formula One and turn it into a media and entertainment brand, one of several ideas being considered by F1's owners has been the re-formatting of the Grand Prix weekend. See-king to expand the calendar to twenty-five or more races, the powers that be thought that reducing race weekends to just two-days would ease the pressure on teams and their employees. However, the idea wasn't popular with the teams or fans, the latter wanting to see the cars on track for as long as possible and the former pointing out that having made the trip to X, Y or Z it seemed pretty pointless to do it for just two days of 'action'. As a result the plan has been shelved, though the...
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