I love a normal F1 weekend, but this sprint shit ruins it. You get a half assed quali because they didn't get enough practice, then another half assed quali followed by a stupidly short race and only then you get some proper racing, if people aren't getting disqualified for breach of regulations due to not enough practice sessions.
The original F1 weekend format is perfect, why mess withit?!? (Yes, money, I'm aware)
Yea I know they say they’re trying to drum up Friday viewership but… most of of the plebs are at work. Sorry F1 but I have to work to pay for YouTubeTV to watch you, that means the best I can do is record fridays events anti watch later. There’s no way I can watch qualifying live on Friday
That's not what he's saying though, he's saying no reverse grids, because he's got a front running car and is not as good on overtakes as another front running car. The current format scores Merc more points than a reverse grid would.
I’d double down on the reverse championship position grid and also have them race in the opposite direction so it is a completely different race for the drivers and fans.
The opposite racing direction doesn't work. It was discussed for the COVID double races - all of the barrier entrances/exits dace the wrong way and can't easily be changed.
They also lack run off areas when running in reverse.