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F1 should not try to be like Hollywood - Villeneuve

 XPB Images 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve says Formula One’s current turmoil partly stems from its chiefs’ willingness to constantly spice up the show. The sport has been struggling to get out of a rough patch amid dwindling TV viewing figures and disgruntled fans, as well as recurrent complaints about the cars, the power units, the lack of overtaking and Mercedes’ dominance. To address these issues, F1 bosses regularly try to come up with new tweaks, the latest of which is the much-derided elimination qualifying format that will return for next weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Speaking to French publication Le Figaro*, Villeneuve, who remains involved in the series...
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