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Ecclestone would welcome customer cars in 2017

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone welcomes the idea of so-called customer cars, and says they are a financially good idea despite concern that such a move could weaken smaller teams. A move to customer cars would feasibly see Mercedes, Ferrari or Renault -- which currently only supplies engines -- supplying their F1 competitors with chassis and engines. Such a move would not be possible until 2017, when the sport's next set of rule changes come into place. It would potentially empower the big teams even more amid ongoing concerns about costs and wealth distribution. 'I've been pushing, pushing, pushing for single chassis, single engine,' Ecclestone told reporters at the Monaco...
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