Bernie Ecclestone is backing the push by Formula 1 drivers to bring back flat-out racing with more durable tyres. A meeting early next month in Milan between F1's leading drivers and team representatives is planned to discuss tyre plans for the 2017 season with Pirelli bosses. Drivers have expressed their opinion of wanting a tyre compound that allows them to push hard for the entire race. Wanting Pirelli to move away from the current high-degradation rubber to a more durable compound. Something Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA) chairman Alex Wurz has made clear recently. Ecclestone is backing the drivers' view 'a million percent', urging as many senior representatives as possible to...
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