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Wolff: F1 has ‘little to gain, a lot to risk’ with sprint format
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes that the current sprint qualifying format does not correctly balance risk and reward. For 2021 Formula 1 unveiled a new race weekend format to be trialled at three rounds of the season, where a 100-kilometre sprint race replaces traditional qualifying on a Saturday. The familiar Q1, Q2 and Q3 format still takes place on these weekends, but on the Friday instead to set the sprint qualifying grid. The results of sprint qualifying then determine the grid for the main grand prix on the Sunday. Three points are on offer for the P1 finisher in sprint qualifying, with two available for P2 and a single point for P3. So Wolff does not believe that those points...
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