Haas' Mick Schumacher believes that the new cars coming for 2022 would be a better fit for the sprint qualifying concept. At the British Grand Prix Formula 1 trialled a brand new format which saw qualifying move to Friday, with a 17-lap sprint race, names sprint qualifying, then taking place on Saturday to set the grid for Sunday's British Grand Prix. Although F1 bosses were keen to avoid sprint qualifying being perceived as a race, that is exactly what it was, and for cars that are known to struggle when following each other, the alarm bells were ringing. There was some action though, with Fernando Alonso in particular making strong progress during sprint qualifying, but Schumacher feels...
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