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Drivers to ask fans for F1 views

Formula 1 drivers will take the unusual step of surveying fans as Bernie Ecclestone and other key figures explore ways of spicing up the sport. With Mercedes once again dominating this season as Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg fight for supremacy, F1 is under fire for lacking excitement. Ecclestone and co are already contemplating rule changes for 2017. But drivers have decided to take matters into their own hands by asking fans what they would do. They intend to use social media to canvass views on a wide range of issues - technical, commercial, audience behaviours, etc - even asking fans whether F1 should be viewed as sport or entertainment. The Grand Prix Drivers' Association, chaired...
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