Laurent Rossi, the Alpine CEO, supports the widespread calls for the current FP2 format on a sprint qualifying weekend to be changed. In 2021, Formula 1 trialled the new sprint qualifying format at three rounds, those being the British, Italian and Sao Paulo Grands Prix, which saw a 100-kilometre sprint race determine the grid for the main race. The traditional Q1, Q2 and Q3 format was used to set the sprint qualifying grid. Two practice sessions were also squeezed in, with FP1 opening the weekend on Friday before qualifying, while FP2 took place on Saturday before the sprint. Both were an hour long. But in that second practice session very few representative times were set, with teams...
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