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Teams in push for standing safety car restarts from 2017

Formula 1 team bosses have agreed in principle to the introduction of standing restarts following a safety car period, following an informal meeting in the Abu Dhabi paddock with Bernie Ecclestone on Friday morning. An agreement is already in place for wet standing restarts, which will see cars run behind the safety car until the track is considered dry enough, then the grid will reform and start as normal, but now team bosses want standing restarts mid-race following any safety car period. That would mean drivers lining up in race position for a lights-out start - an idea Ecclestone put forward to spice up races. It's believed the teams have backed the proposal, despite voting it down...
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