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Ecclestone wants just ten teams in F1

Although next year’s grid is expected to lose one of the 12 current teams, Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone doesn’t mind if the sport were to shed one more. Financially-troubled HRT didn’t feature on the entry list for the 2013 season suggesting that the Spanish squad’s tryst with the sport has come to an end. Formula 1 fielded 12 team, and consequently 24 cars, since 2010; a number which Ecclestone believes is a bit too much. 'I'd rather have ten. I never wanted 12,' the 82-year-old told Reuters. 'It's just that ten is easier to handle, for the promoters, for transport. We'd rather have ten... so long as we don't lose Ferrari.' Ecclestone added that he...
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