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New time frame won't save Australian Grand Prix
12 March 2008The organizers of the Australian Grand Prix proposed to move the start of the race to 5pm next year in order to reach a bigger audience in Europe. Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone though insisted the race will run at night to reach a bigger audience in Europe. "The race start at 5.00pm doesn't help a lot," Ecclestone said.
"It needs to be a night race," Ecclestone told Australian newspaper The Age. The start of the Australian Grand Prix will be moved from 03.30pm to 05.00pm but according to Ecclestone that won't change a lot. "It doesn't help a lot," Ecclestone said. "That's not really what we're looking for. It would be nice if the race was on at midday or 2pm for European audiences, but I guess that would mean it starting in the middle of the night in Australia."
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