Bernie Ecclestone has 🍸again proposed the use of sprinklers to create artificial rain i♋n F1 events having claimed that there is growing support for the idea.

While a number of drivers, such as Red Bull Racing's Mark Webber, have stated there opposition for the idea, there has been some public support - with US Grand Prix promoter Tavo Hellmund amongst those to claim that the idea could work [See separate story HERE].

With that in mind, Ecclestone insisted once aga💎in that there is no reason why artificial watering of circuits couldn't happen although it would need to be a random move t🌄o ensure it mimicked true weather conditions - when teams are unaware of when rain will arrive.

"There's no reason why sprinklers shouldn't happen," he told the BBC. "There's so much suppor🔜t because we♓t races are always the best by far.

"I thought maybe at the beginning it was a little crazy [to suggest the use of sprinkler systems on F1 tracks] but it's surprising how ♈much support that idea is getting now.

"Providing we d🦄o it so nobody would know when it was going to happen, like when it rains, I think it would make for a lot of 🅷entertainment.

"Whether or notꦰ it would make it more exciting, I don't know. Until you have done these things it's impossible to say but I thought last year was a super season."