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Ecclestone looking to drop 'one or two' European races

© WRI2 Bernie Ecclestone is apparently mulling a plan to drop a few European races from next's years' F1 calendar, according to Russian media outlet RBC. The  news source quoted Formula 1's supremo saying that next year's calendar could see a reduction in the number of races to 18 from its current schedule of 21. "That is exactly what will happen -- one or two countries will be excluded, definitely," Ecclestone said. " I can't say which ones, but the new countries will be from a different part of the world. Not from Europe. Formula 1 is not the European championship, this is the world championship." Recently, F1 has progressively departed from the European continent,...
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