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Ecclestone: F1 needs overhaul to cease being "engineers' championship"

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone thinks the time has come for a total rewrite of the sport's rules book to make it more exciting – claiming grand prix racing has now become an 'engineers' championship. In a lengthy joint interview with former FIA president Max Mosley conducted by German channel ZDF, both men have made it clear that they think F1 has diluted too much the role of the driver. They believe the time has come for a wholesale rethink – either through totally new regulations or a strict enforcement of current rules to outlaw driver aids. Ecclestone says that F1 has lost much from the drivers no longer being central to the action – with engineers now having such influence...
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