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Mansell calls for bigger F1 grid
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1992 world champion Nigel Mansell wants Formula One to work to expand the grid to 26 cars to give young drivers opportunities in the sport. The addition of Haas will result in a grid of 22 cars in 2016, the same number as at the start of 2014 before the demise of Caterham. In the summer the FIA opened up a tender for another potential new team to join in the future, but felt there were no suitable candidates which came forward. With the cost of competing in F1 having been a major talking point for a number of years, young drivers are also finding it harder to break in to the sport with the likes of GP2 champion Stoffel Vandoorne and DTM title-winner Pascal Wehrlein...
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