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Todt defends F1's Le Mans date clash for 2016
FIA president Jean Todt has defended a controversial clash of dates on next year's Formula 1 calendar. A re-jig of the Bernie Ecclestone-authored schedule for 2016, mainly to reinstate a long summer break, has resulted in the mid-June clash of the inaugural grand prix in Azerbaijan and the fabled sports car endurance race at Le Mans. It means Nico Hulkenberg, the regular Force India driver, will not be able to return to Le Mans to defend his title with Porsche. Some believe F1 supremo Ecclestone engineered the clash deliberately in order to stop his stars from hedging their allegiances, while others have pointed the finger at the Todt-led FIA for not pushing harder to stop it. Frenchman...
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