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F1 teams reluctant to go to more than 20 races

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BUDAPEST: Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone could have 22 races jostling for a slot next season but teams have made clear they want the calendar limited to 20.

The current championship has 19 rounds but Austria is returning in 2014 while new races in New Jersey and Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi have also been pencilled in.

F1 has never had more than 20 rounds – and in the 1950s there were as few as seven.

“I don’t know whether the calendar will grow to 22. Twenty two would certainly be incredibly tough on the teams…we used to think going beyond 16 was tough and it is,” said McLaren’s Martin Whitmarsh. (Reuters)

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