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Bratches: We’d like to go above 21 races

Formula 1 wants more than 21 grand prix races a year and will actively target new venues rather than wait for potential hosts to come calling, according to the sport's commercial managing director Sean Bratches. Speaking during an event at the Silverstone circuit to mark 40 years of the Williams team, Bratches told Reuters he was aiming for fewer back-to-back grands prix and a calendar drawn up along continental lines. The American executive also said France and Germany, historic motor racing nations whose dropped grands prix are returning next season, were two markets 'we never want to leave'. 'We want to work in partnership with our teams in terms of determining where we go, but our view...
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