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Teams face 'tough' future - Whitmarsh

McLaren team principal and Formula One Teams' Association chairman Martin Whitmarsh believes a number of teams face a "tough" future in the sport. With HRT having disappeared over the winter and fellow 2010 entrants Caterham and Marussia both having to turn to a driver line-up made up of pay drivers, more obvious signs have been appearing as to the financial difficulties some teams may be facing. Whitmarsh said that, in the wake of the global economic crisis, teams are struggling to attract the sponsorship revenues they used to. "It's tough," Whitmarsh told the BBC. "We're in the world of advertising and you only have to see how advertising is worldwide. The rate...
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