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Is the F1 dinosaur heading for extinction?

The WEC is getting rid of grid girls; Formula E is running all-electric cars. What is Formula 1 doing to join the 21st century? Kate Walker wonders... The World Endurance Championship is firmly establishing itself as the most forward-thinking of motorsport categories, irrespective of its role as the series the manufacturers are actually keen to take part in. Formula E remains but a nascent category reliant on emerging technology. Give the electric championship a few years – and better batteries to negate the need for mid-race car swaps – and motorsport's upstart young sibling may gain traction among former 'petrolheads'. Or, as is the way with many new initiatives, it could prove to be...
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