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Fewer tests in 2016 as F1 targets cost cutting

F1 has reportedly dumped Jerez as a winter test location for 2016. Germany's Auto Motor und Sport claims that, to cut costs, the sport has decided to reduce its official pre-season programme from three to just two four-day tests. It means the traditional first test at Jerez in February has been dropped, leaving Barcelona to host all eight days of the pre-season beginning in early March. The report said the extended winter break has been approved by all eleven teams for 2016, including the new American entrant Haas. It ties in with earlier news suggesting the race calendar for next year has been condensed, and will begin in Melbourne not in mid-March but in early April. Auto Motor und Sport...
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