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Inside Line: I agree with President Todt

FIA President Jean Todt has hit out at German broadcaster RTL for the manner in which they deliver Formula 1 to their viewers, the live race coverage is regularly interrupted by adverts that run for three or four minutes during races, often causing big chunks of the action to be missed as it happens. Hardly the best way to entice viewers and grow viewership, but that's how RTL do it. Granted when running the final set of ads, late in the race, they tend to flight the advert with the live coverage reduced to a box in the bottom the corner of the screen – at least you can watch that. The earlier ads have no such insert, and when you are watching an exciting race the sudden ads in your...
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