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Brawn: F1 Sprint Qualifying enhanced British GP

The start of Saturday's Sprint Qualifying session Formula 1 boss Ross Brawn believes the sport’s first-ever Sprint Qualifying session served to enhance the British Grand Prix weekend. The Silverstone event was used as a test bed for the new system, which sees a 30-minute sprint encounter to determine the final grid. Changes to the weekend format to accommodate the session saw teams left with just an hour of practice before their cars went into parc ferme conditions. An elimination style Qualifying session followed on Friday afternoon, before a second hour of practice on Saturday morning. A 30-minute sprint then took place on Saturday afternoon, the starting order for that having been...
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