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Ecclestone not worried about decline in F1 TV viewers
Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has started his season of bizarre quotes and ideas by first suggesting that Super GP2 cars be used to bolster grids, now he has declared that falling TV viewership is no concern to him while he apparently does not see the importance of manufacturers being involved in the pinnacle of the sport. Formula 1 shed no fewer than 25 million viewers last year, but Ecclestone insists he is not worried and explains that it 'reflects the move FOM has made towards pay TV in several markets over the last three seasons'. A prime example is the situation in Britain, where only a select number of grands prix are now shown free-to-air on the BBC, with only...
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