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Ecclestone calls for Strategy Group to be scrapped

The F1 Strategy Group should be disbanded according to Bernie Ecclestone, with the 84-year-old calling the sport "too democratic", making it too difficult to change things. His comments follow similar claims by Red Bull boss Christian Horner and Force India's Bob Fernley, with both claiming that it makes no sense for the teams to decide the rules. Ecclestone wants something more akin to a dictatorship, similar to when Max Mosley was president of the FIA and the two decided what future rules would be implemented. "We should stop mucking around and asking for opinions," he told Autosport. "The problem is we are running something that is too democratic,...
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