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Drivers dismiss Bernie's call for more danger

In the wake of Bernie Ecclestone's call for F1 to up the ante by surrounding the tracks with walls, Nico Rosberg says there are 'ten other areas' the sport should rather focus on. The F1 supremo recently spoke about what he would like to do in Formula 1 to improve the show. He told Reuters: 'In those (the old) days, and it can't happen again, people would come to a race and think somebody could get killed. 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 mustn't go off the road, I promise they won't.' His idea, though, has not gone...
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