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Ross Brawn confirms: We are talking about a sprint race in the 2020 season

Ross Brawn, the sports boss of Formula 1, defends the proposal to conduct an experiment of Saturday's qualifying races in selected races in the 2020 season.

Photo: Bojan Vrbnjak

Racers Formula 1 are a proposal to introduce into the royal class of motorsport Saturday’s qualifying race in the inverted start order, marked as "shit"In"nonsense". He has now responded to the mostly negative comments Ross Brawn sports boss Formula 1, who points out that these are only experiments for the time being. “I’ve heard a lot of views from racers and experts over the past few days, especially when it comes to the tension of the race format. In order to clarify the situation and resolve the misunderstandings, let me emphasize that debates on experiments in the 2020 season are under way”He explained British.

Next year we will not see the usual starting order at the selected racing weekends, because in the sprint race on Saturday, the best will have to start from the background - Photo: Hasan Bratić

Specifically, it is considering bringing in next year selected racing weekends current format of qualifications changed to sprint race. The start order, however, would be created in reverse order championship tables of racers, and the result of this sprint race would give the starting order for Sunday 's main race. “This would make racing weekends less predictable," so Brownfor which the word is most important "experiment“. He adds: "That is exactly what it is about. For a few attempts to determine the direction for the future based on these." Majority owner Liberty Medium is certainly aware that the current qualifications format, divided into three parts, is sufficient tense in exciting.

Ross Brawn, the sports boss of Formula 1, points out that this idea is just an experiment that they want to test in some races - Photo: Bojan Vrbnjak

However, they also want to ensure that they will racing is the peak of the racing weekend. And because from a leadership perspective Formula 1 there is no better method for evaluation of this idea, such as the racetrack where these changes would be tested, want to implement a stable rule next year certain experiments. According to some media, it was four racing weekends. The first to be mentioned are the tracks in France (Paul ricard) and Spain (Barcelona). "Nothing has been decided yet, as we are only in the phase of finalizing the details, but the feedback so far has been quite positive. I understand that Formula 1 purists are concerned, but there is no reason that there should be a fear of such experiments, otherwise we will not evolve further,”Argues this idea Brown.

According to Brown, the main goal of the majority owners of Formula 1, Liberty Media, is to improve the sport, especially in terms of fans - Photo: Hasan Bratić

Last but not least Liberty Medium he doesn’t want to make any changes just to change something. Their main desire is to sport improves, especially in terms of fans. “As with the development of the car, the same is true here: If you stand still, you run the risk of slipping back,”He concluded Brown.  

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