Opinion
There is much discussion at the moment about how to make the sport more popular and attract spectators, but shortening the grand prix [as trialled at Olympia in 2018] is not the solution. We had a short grand prix in the World Cup series years ago, and it didn’t change anything. We need a more holistic concept.
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