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Ecclestone reveals double points finale may be axed
Bernie Ecclestone on the grid in Abu Dhabi last year
Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has admitted his universally unpopular double points concept may be axed after the 2014 world championship finale in Abu Dhabi.
This year, in a bid to keep the championship alive until the dying moment, Formula 1 will allocate double points in the Yas Marina season finale.
But the scheme has been controversial and almost universally criticised, prompting Formula 1's chief executive to admit it may fall by the wayside.
'I wanted it to be for the last three races,' he said in Singapore, 'but everyone said I was mad, so we won't do it. As for keeping it for the last race, I don't know. Probably not. We...
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