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Todt: 'Dominance is just part of motorsport'

©WRI2 FIA President Jean Todt considers that Mercedes' current dominance of Grand Prix racing follows a theme which has always prevailed in motor racing. Contrary to F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone, who if he had his own way would put the Mercedes drivers at the back of every starting grid, Todt believes the focus of the sport's powers should be on providing opportunities for the rest of the field to catch up with the German manufacturer. "I always wonder if people have selective memory," the Frenchman said to Finland's MTV Sport. "Dominance in motor sport, or even in sport is general, is just a part of it. Fifty years ago it was Lotus and Jim Clark and Colin Chapman, then...
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