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Hill fears reduced season wouldn't be seen as ‘proper'

Damon Hill has expressed concern that, in the eyes of many, a season with a reduced calendar wouldn't be seen as a 'proper championship'.  The 2020 campaign is currently set to kick off in Austria at the start of July, with the plan being to carry out an 18-race season from there. Many, however, think this is optimistic and unrealistic. Hill thinks a 12-race season is a more likely prospect and worries that it will be a devalued championship for whoever wins it. 'One of the main worries this year is that it will be [seen as] a devalued championship. You wouldn’t want to win and people say, ‘Well, that’s not a proper championship,'' he told the Evening Standard. 'So, it needs to...
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