Not in favor of less training
There are calls in Formula 1 to reduce the number of free practice sessions. In addition to the boss of F1, various drivers also seem to be poking at this. Not Max Verstappen. He doesn’t like the desire for change in F1 anyway.
F1 boss Stefano Domenicali is openly thinking about scrapping free practice sessions, because he thinks it is of little interest to the spectators. Also, less training can potentially lead to bigger surprises in a race weekend. George Russell, Pierre Gasly and Logan Sargeant, among others, expressed support for this. Not Max Verstappen, who thinks it should just stick to the old principle. “When I used to watch Formula 1, I thought it was very nice, that build-up and then looking forward to the race on Sunday,” said Verstappen in Australia on Thursday, according to NU.nl. “I’m not a fan of changing the whole format, they have to be careful not to change the sport too much. I think it’s important that it doesn’t get screwed over and over.”
In addition, Verstappen finds it quite remarkable that George Russell is in favor of it. With his current not very good car, the Mercedes driver benefits from a lot of training and testing with possible upgrades. “Russell was also the one who thought we should test more in the winter. So this is a bit different.”
Verstappen has started the race weekend in Australia well. In the first free practice he set the fastest time, in the second free practice, which was largely determined by rain, he set the third fastest time.
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– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl