Lewis Hamilton: The way Formula One is run isn’t good enough
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Updated 20/12/2016 at 08:33 GMT
Lewis Hamilton believes Formula One could become “more inviting to the fans” if it adopts templates used in American sports.
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The three-time world champion pointed at events such as the Super Bowl when claiming his own sport falls short in terms of entertainment.
And with the presence of Taylor Swift and Usher at the Austin GP helping set an attendance record in 2016, the British driver - speaking in an interview with Time - supported the idea of holding concerts alongside races.
The way Formula One is run is not good enough at the moment.
The Super Bowl, the events Americans do, the show they put on is so much, so much better. So if you were to mix in a little bit of that template through there, I think we’d be more inviting to the fans.
The Mercedes driver was second-best in the 2016 season as team-mate Nico Rosberg took his first world title.
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Nico Rosberg of Germany (L) looks at Lewis Hamilton of Britain (R) as he speaks during a news conference
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But Hamilton, who again insisted he wasn’t given an “equal opportunity” this year after three engine failures, says his desire to regain the championship has doubled - though he will have to wait until the New Year to discover his new team-mate following Rosberg's shock retirement.
The team’s job is to provide both drivers with equal opportunity. And unfortunately, I didn’t have equal opportunity, because I had failures on our side of the garage.
"The other side didn’t. So that puts more stress on the importance of myself sucking every ounce of opportunity. At the end, that’s all I could have done. I didn’t do anything dangerous.
"I didn’t put anyone in harm’s way. I’d do it again. You’re out there to fight.
"I’m in a good head space [for 2017], I have a process that I need to take into next year. When I lost the championship, the motivation to want to take it back next year became twofold. I now have twice the desire."
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