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Wolff wary of potential backlash over two-day weekends

Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff is ready to vote in favour of Formula 1 introducing permanent two-day weekends but is aware of a potential backlash from race promoters and fans. F1 was given a flavour of a two-day weekend with the recent Eifel Grand Prix at the Nürburgring where both Friday practice sessions were fogged off, leading to a single 60-minute practice outing on Saturday morning before qualifying. Article continues under video The outcome led to an element of the unknown going into Sunday's race as none of the teams had explored the long-run pace on the medium and the hard tyres, with the latter totally unused. With another two-day weekend looming with the Emilia Romagna GP...
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