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Ecclestone unhappy with Friday's lack of action

Bernie Ecclestone has described Friday's lack of on-track action "disastrous", after rain showers resulted in the majority of cars remaining in their garages. Only half of the grid completed a timed lap during first practice in front of a packed Silverstone crowd, whilst the most laps completed by a single driver, Daniel Ricciardo, was just ten. The 82-year-old, speaking to reporters on Friday, expressed his unhappiness over the situation and called for a change to the tyre regulations to combat the problem. "It was disastrous for Formula 1," he said. "They need to change the regulations to ensure this sort of thing does not happen. The FIA and the teams need to...
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