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Extended practice could 'hurt smaller teams'
McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh has warned that smaller teams in F1 could lose out by plans to extend the length of the opening practice session of Grand Prix weekends from next season.Plans have been put in place to extend the session by half an hour to two hours, with teams then able to bring in a younger driver for part of the session if they wish while also still being able to give track time to their race drivers.However, Whitmarsh said that his team wouldn't be keen to run younger drivers in the sessions and said the change could make it harder for some of the smaller teams that have previously generated income from allowing drivers to run in FP1 in recent seasons.The likes of...
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