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Teams agree no 2017 F1 preseason testing in Bahrain 

Formula 1 teams will not be testing in Bahrain ahead of the 2017 season, instead a compromise has been reached to switch next year's first in-season test from Barcelona to Bahrain following a failed attempt to move winter testing to the warmer climes of the Middle East. Red Bull principal Christian Horner told reporters that all the teams had met the sport's commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone at the United States Grand Prix on Friday to discuss the situation. Testing outside of Europe, according to the sporting regulations, requires the unanimous agreement of all the teams and Horner said a vote conducted earlier in the week by the governing FIA did not achieve that. 'It's agreed that we...
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