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Race versus testing debate rumbles on
Even as teams debate the continual escalation in the cost of competing in F1, the prospect of an enlarged calendar divides them.The reintroduction of in-season testing for 2014 – in addition to the enforced adoption of a new engine and drivetrain package – has raised hackles amongst those at the back of the grid, with Toro Rosso's Franz Tost particularly outspoken at what he sees as an unnecessary expense being foisted on the midfield and backmarker teams by those with more money to burn.The alternative, Tost and others argue, would be to take the time allocated to testing and increase the calendar, producing an income-generating opportunity rather than a money drain.“This is what I...
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