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'Mercedes votes against the reverse grid plan'

There were plans to experiment with new racing formats during the second weekend in Austria, such as an inverted grid setup, but Mercedes stopped this, reports Motorsport. There was an idea on the table where qualifying races would be held of 30 minutes with a reverse grid setup. On Monday, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner turned out to be in favour of a different starting position in the second race, the so-called 'reverse grid'. The driver who becomes last in the first race will start at the front in the second, and so on. Now it turns out that Mercedes is the only one who did not agree with this idea, while Racing Point abstained. Read more The new Formula 1 calendar: A positive...
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