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Villeneuve says F1 needs to be "stupid, crazy" again

Former world champion Jacques Villeneuve says Formula 1 needs to be "crazy and stupid" again if it is regain its popularity among fans. As talks continue to try to come up with regulations that will boost the spectacle in the near future, Villeneuve reckons that F1 has lost its edge by trying to be something that it is not. "F1 tries to be everything, and that's wrong," Villeneuve, the 1997 world champion, told CNN in an interview. "It tries to be an endurance car, it's some form of hybrid... and hybrid technology weighs around 100 kilos and that's four seconds a lap of weight. "It's not F1, it's not extreme, it doesn't make sense." The Canadian added:...
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