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Todt sees benefits to technical 'unification' of F1 and WEC

FIA president Jean Todt believes common technical ground between F1 and sportscar racing would help sustain manufacturer involvement in both series. Todt paid the World Endurance Championship a visit last weekend for its first round which took place at Spa and saw Toyota and Fernando Alonso take top spoils. The president of motorsport's governing body would love to see a form of unification take place between the top two categories of racing, insisting the idea would promote manufacturer presence across both series. "It would be ideal to achieve some unification, but in practice this is not easy," said Todt. "Ideas appear but it's more difficult when you start to get into...
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