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F1 teams to discuss moving Chinese GP to Saturday

Formula 1 teams are set to discuss with the FIA the idea of shifting the Chinese Grand Prix to Saturday in a bid to avoid Sunday's race being cancelled on weather grounds. Track action at the Shanghai circuit on Friday was extremely limited due to the medical helicopter being out of action because it could not land at the FIA's designated hospital in Shanghai. The FIA's rules state that a session cannot continue if a medical helicopter nor an ambulance can get to the assigned hospital within approximately 20 minutes. The preferred hospital in Shanghai is 38 kilometres away, which is too far away for the ambulance. An alternative medical facility is just 5km away, but even that is too...
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