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Ricciardo: We will have to shorten race weekends

Formula 1 will need to move to two-day race weekends in order to chain races one-after-another when the 2020 season finally gets underway, says Renault driver Daniel Ricciardo. The Australian, who is currently residing on a farm in Western Australia as he and the rest of the grid wait-out the COVID-19 pandemic, remains optimistic F1 will be able to go-ahead with its plan for a jam-packed schedule later in the year, but will have to settle for less on-track action when it does. 'I think they would need to shorten the weekend if we did a race every week,' he told French broadcaster Canal+. 'I think it would need to be a two-day weekend and not a three. 'If we do it in a logistical way which...
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