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Ecclestone calls for qualifying points, scrambled grids
Formula One commercial chief Bernie Ecclestone said he discussed with team leaders some ideas on how to improve F1, which has suffered from declining television audiences because of recent anti-climactic championships and high participation costs which squeeze smaller teams and bar new entrants. The F1 head, whose past ideas have included medals instead of points and artificial rain, now advocated points for qualifying and scrambled race grids. 'I suggested that maybe we take 20 points for a race,' Ecclestone said. 'Ten points for qualifying and 10 for the race. Ten points for pole. The one that's on pole starts maybe 12th on the grid, so you're going to get a whole bunch of decent...
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