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Brawn: F1 to discuss how to define pole during sprint format

Formula 1 managing director Ross Brawn has revealed that the decision to award the pole position title to the winner of Sprint Qualifying could be reconsidered. The sport broke away from traditional this British Grand Prix weekend by adding a 100km sprint race on Saturday and shifting qualifying to Friday, with the fastest driver in qualifying no longer considered the pole winner. Lewis Hamilton was quickest in qualifying and earned the Pirelli Speed King title, while Max Verstappen won Sprint Qualifying to secure pole position. Hamilton got a slow start by comparison to Verstappen, who did not cede the lead he had earned into Turn 1. Asked whether the winner of Sprint Qualifying should be...
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