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Ecclestone: Fans don't understand don't do this, don't do that

Formula 1 needs simpler rules to make it easier for fans to understand, commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone said after grid penalties made a muddle of the Austrian Grand Prix qualifying. McLaren's Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button were each handed 25 place drops, on a grid of just 20 cars, as a result of engine and gearbox failures. Given that the pair qualified 15th and 17th respectively, and cannot physically start in 40th and 42nd places, they will line up last and take additional time penalties during the race. 'I think we need to have a very, very good look at all our sporting regulations,' Ecclestone told reporters after qualifying. 'Don't go over the white line, don't do this,...
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