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Wolff rejects reversed grids again, says F1 is not WWE

Mercedes' chief Toto Wolff has once again rejected the idea of reversed grid races forming part of the Formula 1 format next year, claiming the sport shouldn't be 'random' like WWE. The idea of reversed grid races has been thrown about for years but became a serious idea for 2020, when F1's motorsports director Ross Brawn put a proposal forward to run reversed grid races at three events, only for it to be rejected by Mercedes. Following last weekend's Italian Grand Prix, which saw an unlikely winner in Pierre Gasly thanks to a shuffled order where the ‘big names' started from the back as a result of a red flag, the idea has once again popped up. Brawn was quoted as saying after the...
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