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'It's a difficult situation' - 2020 F1 championship should be cancelled: Ecclestone

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<B>WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN:</B> Bernie Ecclestone has given his thoughts on what Ferrari needs to do if it wants to win again. <I>Image: AFP / Lars Baron</I>
<B>WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN:</B> Bernie Ecclestone has given his thoughts on what Ferrari needs to do if it wants to win again. <I>Image: AFP / Lars Baron</I>
Lars Baron

Bernie Ecclestone says this season's Formula One championship should be cancelled because it appears unlikely that enough races can be completed for it to be valid due to the coronavirus crisis.

The opening eight rounds of the 2020 season have been either cancelled or postponed, with doubts over a number of the other 14 races as the pandemic continues to overshadow the sporting calendar.

A minimum of eight races are required for the championship to be valid, but former F1 chief executive Ecclestone believes that will not be possible.

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"We should stop the championship this year and start again next year, hopefully, because I can't see it's going to be possible to get the right amount of races in that count for a championship," the 89-year-old told BBC Radio.

"There's got to be eight from memory, and I can't see them getting that in. It's a difficult situation."


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Lewis Hamilton was this year aiming to match Michael Schumacher's record of seven drivers' titles, though there have been suggestions a truncated season would diminish the achievement.

But Ecclestone, set to become a father for the fourth time, said: "I don't think it will make a lot of difference to Lewis. He would win whatever the race number, whether it be eight, 16 or 20.

"If it's a world championship and he wins, it would go on his record and say he has won a world championship. The terrible thing is he would win all eight races. It wouldn't be a super championship."

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