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Webber: F1 has gone too far with driver access
Formula 1 is often criticised for minimal access to the drivers, however, Mark Webber says these days it has gone too far in the opposite direction. Taking over Formula 1 at the beginning of last year, one of Liberty Media's goals was to make the sport – and its drivers – more accessible. Webber, though, now feels it has gone too far. He told Autosport: 'You've got to be very careful because the drivers still need to be heroes and something that's still a little bit hard to touch and feel. 'We might have gone a bit too far with that in terms of access and social media. We've got to be careful we don't trivialise their profession. 'Roger Federer is not doing any interviews...
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