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JV: Swap 2020 World Championship for unique events

1997 World Champion, Jacques Villeneuve, has suggested scrapping the 2020 season and instead run unique non-championship events. A record-breaking 22-race calendar was on the cards for 2020 until the global crisis put all major sport on hold until further notice. For Formula 1, that has ensured the postponement or cancellation of the first eight races of the season and there could well be more delays to come. With the current calendar effectively in tatters, Villeneuve has suggested an alternative option if some racing can indeed be salvaged later in the year. 'It might be smarter to say: ‘There won't be a championship. We'll race and each race will be a unique event, like the Indy...
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