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Vettel backs Ecclestone over sprint race criticism
Jul.16 Sebastian Vettel has backed former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone's criticism of the new ‘sprint qualifying' format which debuts at Silverstone this weekend. Ecclestone, 90, said his major objection to the format is that it is 'mucking around' with history – given that the purity of a pole position will now be compromised. 'People would say somebody has 70 pole positions but that has gone now,' he said. 'There is no such thing as a pole position.' Ecclestone's friend and quadruple world champion Vettel agrees that designating the winner of the 100km sprint race on Saturday as the official pole sitter is 'wrong'. 'It's getting a bit confusing,' the German is quoted by DPA...
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