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Sports must ditch 'obsession' over F1's success
Formula 1’s success has triggered a wave of aspirants as other sports try to match the same meteoric rise in popularity that F1 has enjoyed under owner Liberty Media. Are those other sports too focused on following F1’s footsteps than playing to their own strengths?
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