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‘Saturday race for teams, Sunday for drivers'

Johnny Herbert has proposed a shake-up of grand prix weekends whereby teams score points on Saturday and the drivers engage in 'great gladitorial races' on the Sunday. As Formula 1 bosses continue to look into ways to make the sport more exciting, including a possible return to refuelling, Herbert reckons changing the format of the race weekends could also help. Under his scheme there would be a team race on a Saturday which goes towards the Constructors' Championship while on the Sunday it is all about the drivers and the World title. He told Downforce Radio's Jake Sanson: 'It frustrated me earlier this year when drivers started expressing their dislike at driving on Fridays,. Their...
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