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Symonds: Reverse grid could aid overtaking

– Formula 1 opting to introduce a mixed-up grid format would force teams to address fundamental overtaking issues, according to Williams technical chief Pat Symonds.Formula 1 chiefs are this week meeting with a view to signing off technical regulations for 2017, ahead of the April 30 deadline, aimed at creating significantly faster cars.Symonds, however, holds reservations over the changes, and reckons some form of reverse-grid race, which has been discussed in recent months, could be more beneficial."It would [help]; what you need is an incentive," Symonds told Sky Sports."The incentive we have in all motorsport is try and put our car on pole and lead every lap of the...
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