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Hosts rule out Formula 1 night races in 2015

Two Formula 1 hosts have ruled out switching to a night race format for 2015,to accommodate European timezones. Malaysia has been under consistent pressure in recent years from Bernie Ecclestone to switch to a floodlit format, to emulate the Singapore-like spectacle and provide a better television timeslot for the global audience. 'In the past he was pushing,' Sepang chief Razlan Razali admitted to Reuters, 'but now I think it's the first time where he actually listened to us as a promoter (about) what we want.' What will probably change for Malaysia in 2015, however, is a race time change from 4 to 3pm, as a consequence of Jules Bianchi's horror crash in fading light at Suzuka last year....
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