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Pirelli boss offers radical solution to help save F1

 XPB Images Pirelli motorsport boss Paul Hembery is set to present F1 commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone with a radical new plan to prevent the sport from collapsing, reports The Guardian. Hembery’s rationale is that current F1 schedules are based too much around European times, which leaves huge markets fairly untapped. Therefore, the Pirelli chief intends to put forward a new calendar comprising three main legs – Europe, the Americas, and Australasia – interspersed with a couple of long breaks. Hembery’s far-reaching solution also has each stretch of the season crowning its own champion, with an overall victor decided at the end of the season. “I will be talking to...
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