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Teams agreed to supply rivals with spare cars - Ecclestone

Bernie Ecclestone claims that contracts signed by the larger teams in Formula 1 could result in them supplying cars to rival outfits in order to keep the grid from shrinking further. Whilst the idea of third cars is widely known, Ecclestone has revealed that the third cars would be run by rivals, rather than the team which has designed it. Speaking to the Mail on Sunday, the 83-year-old gave an example of how it might work. "They would supply a third car to someone else so if, for example, Sauber disappeared, a team could do a deal with Sauber. Ferrari could say, 'we will give you a car, all that goes with it, and we want you to put this sponsor on it. You have your own sponsors but we...
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