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Team bosses dismiss Ecclestone walls suggestion

Team bosses have dismissed Bernie Ecclestone's suggestion that F1 tracks need more walls. The F1 supremo made the suggestion not only in terms of improving the racing but in assisting the ongoing mission to stop drivers increasing the track limits. At circuits such as Monaco, Singapore and Sochi, there merest mistake can see a driver come to grief, the barriers nowhere near as forgiving the wide run-offs enjoyed at some circuits. Ecclestone believes that the addition of walls would not only put the onus on drivers to respect track limits but the added sense of danger would improve the spectacle. 'There must not be walls around, because it's expensive if the cars crash there,' said Toro...
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