Driver support
Formula 1 boss Stefano Domenicali recently said that he thinks three free practice sessions per race weekend is a bit too much of a good thing. Various Formula 1 drivers agree with this, as it turns out in Australia.
A traditional Formula 1 weekend currently consists of three free practice sessions, qualifying and the race. This year there are six weekends with two free practice sessions, a qualification, sprint race and race. As far as Stefano Domenicali is concerned, things are going even further. The F1 CEO would prefer to see fewer free practice sessions throughout the year. Last year he already expressed his wish to go to one free practice session and he repeated this again last week in Portugal at the MotoGP. Sports TV. Domenicali thinks it’s a good idea to cut practices because he doesn’t think it’s attractive enough for viewers and because it creates a bit more uncertainty going into qualifying and the race. The latter can then cause some more surprises.
It seems that there is some support in the paddock for the cancellation of free training. At least, among the drivers. George Russell, who often speaks on behalf of more drivers on behalf of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association, says according to Racefans.net that one free practice is ‘enough for all of us’. Russell does not want free practice sessions to disappear altogether, as they are valuable for developing the car. “This is the pinnacle of the sport. You don’t want to start with one car and do it all year without being able to try new things. I just don’t think it’s correct that F1 has three times as much testing time as F2 and F3 .” Pierre Gasly agrees. “You don’t need three workouts.” Even novice Logan Sargeant feels like training less. “It is a lot (three sessions, ed.). If rookie I don’t mind having two or three, but I don’t think it’s really necessary.”
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