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Ecclestone: We needed to wake everybody up a little bit

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone says the sport faces a brighter future after teams agreed a new qualifying format from this season, even if he had sought a more radical approach to liven up racing. Speaking to Reuters after he said current F1 was the worst it had ever been and he would not buy tickets for his family to watch races, the 85-year-old sounded a much more positive note. 'I think now I’d be a bit more confident that we are going to see some good racing,' he said in a telephone interview. 'Then I’ll be happy.' Ecclestone said teams, who agreed the new qualifying format, had finally woken up and taken a step in the right direction with more change to come, 'I think...
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