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The Braking Point: Why F1 should reject the sprint race plans

The F1 Commission is set to vote on a sprint race proposal at Thursday's meeting after the idea was tabled by the sport's CEO Stefano Domenicali during a media call last week. “What we’re looking at is what could be the approach to a so-called Saturday sprint race,' he said. “We’re thinking of testing this already this year. There are ongoing discussions with teams in the right forum, and I think maybe this could be the only one thing that could be interesting.” Now the idea seems to be a descendent of the reverse grids plan that received some support within the paddock last year. After a couple of tries by F1 managing director Ross Brawn, it was rejected, and his former Ferrari...
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