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New F1 plan eyes Leicester City-like shocks

Equalising competition in Formula 1 to allow shock results like Leicester City winning the Premier League is part of a five-point plan created to improve grand prix racing. Leicester was tipped for relegation in the 2015/16 season but instead won the championship, its shock title triumph making it only the sixth different club to win the league in 24 years of the Premier League. The season was also the first time since Nottingham Forest’s 1977/78 success that a new winner had claimed the first-division title in England. F1’s commercial boss Sean Bratches believes a motor-racing equivalent is not possible at the moment because of the disparity in budget and performance across the F1...
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