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Todt wants to see more teams on the F1 grid

FIA president Jean Todt says he still hopes to expand the Formula 1 grid to up to 12 teams in the future - as long as the new entrants can be genuinely competitive and sustainable. The last time that 12 teams took part in the championship was 2012, at the end of which the struggling HRT squad went into administration. Caterham departed two years later, while Manor's subsequent exit was offset by the arrival of the new Haas team. F1 hasn't attracted any new entrants since then, while recent question marks have been raised over the long-term commitment of big names like Mercedes, Red Bull and Renault. Even Ferrari threatened to pull out of F1 if it didn't agree with the new rules and...
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