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Former drivers slam F1's 'green' plans

Nov.14 Two Formula 1 drivers have slammed the sport's 'green' plans. This week, F1 announced that it wants the sport to be "sustainable" by 2025, and then completely "net-zero carbon" by 2030. "Sometimes, I wonder who is the idiot who comes up with this nonsense," former F1 driver Olivier Panis told RMC Sport. "Honestly, sometimes I don't see the difference between being politically correct and being actually green. "If the aim is to be actually green, then you don't do Formula 1," said the Frenchman. 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve agrees, saying F1's push for green credentials is "pretend". "It's to say 'Look, we're...
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