London — Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone believes the sport could be made more attractive by ditching the current one-race format for two shorter races. Ecclestone, 86, believes Formula One would appeal more to modern audiences, sponsors and advertisers if there were two 40-minute races, separated by a gap during which drivers could be interviewed. But he questioned whether the sport’s decision-makers have the "courage" to make such a seismic change to the traditional schedule. "People have a much shorter attention span and a lot of sports are looking at introducing shorter forms of their games," he told the Sunday Times. "The television audiences went up for Brazil. We had a long race with the heavy rain and a couple of crashes, but that meant we had two starts because of the red flags and people tuned in. "We need to look at the traditional concept of one long race. Two 40-minute races with a 40-minute break in the middle when the drivers could be interviewed, cars worked on...
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