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Charles Leclerc favours reverse races idea when Formula One returns

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc likes the idea of racing in the "wrong" direction once Formula One emerges from the global coronavirus lockdown.

The sport is considering various options to get its stalled season started, with grands prix likely to be held without spectators and some European circuits hosting more than one race.

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There has even been a somewhat fanciful suggestion that the British Grand Prix circuit at Silverstone might host back-to-back races clockwise and anti-clockwise on the same or successive weekends.