Todt backs move for permanent race numbers in Formula 1 9 December, 2013 Jean Todt Newly re-elected FIA President Jean Todt has revealed that he supports moves to introduce NASCAR style permanent race numbers in Formula 1. In an earlier era, Formula 1 fans became accustomed to associating a number with their favourite driver — like Gilles Villeneuve's fabled 27, or the Red-5 of Nigel Mansell. But in more recent years, race numbers have simply been assigned by the FIA on the basis of teams' finishing positions in the constructors' world championship. It emerged recently, however, that a push is on to bring back permanent race numbers, with the obvious exception being the '1′ of...
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