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Ecclestone wants walls and danger

Bernie Ecclestone is once again courting controversy as he has urged Formula 1 to take steps to make the sport more dangerous by surrounding the tracks with walls. Although Formula 1 is always looking for ways to improve safety, resulting in bigger and bigger run-off areas, the F1 supremo it should actually go in the opposite direction. 'In those (the old) days, and it can't happen again, people would come to a race and think somebody could get killed,' he told Reuters. 'Today they know they come to a race and nobody is going to get killed. Which is good. 'I've been criticised probably by everybody because I wanted to build 40cm walls around the corners.  'They keep saying they...
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