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Long calendar making F1 'boring' - Villeneuve

Oct.7 The Formula 1 calendar is becoming "too long and boring", according to 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve. The outspoken Canadian's comments come after Max Verstappen predicted that a greater than 22-race calendar will lead to a spate of divorce in the F1 paddock. "It's too much," Villeneuve told Russia's Championat, as the FIA confirmed an unprecedented 22-race calendar for 2020 featuring new races in Vietnam and Zandvoort. To compensate for the extra race, winter testing has been reduced from 8 to 6 days. But Villeneuve said: "The calendar is becoming too long and boring. For fans it would be better if there were fewer races and more tests. "The...
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