Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has described plans to experiment with Saturday sprint races as 'controversial' but a necessary experiment from Formula 1. In a bid to increase ticket sales and boost viewing figures, F1 has been looking at ways to improve the spectacle of the sport by making changes to the well-rehearsed weekend format. The planned changes would see qualifying move to the slot currently occupied by second practice on Friday, with a sprint race taking the vacant position created by the move on a Saturday. The Canadian, Italian and Brazilian Grand Prix weekends have been earmarked as the races at which F1 will trial the new format this year but, although the plans have...
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