Can’t help feel this will either be just a bit naff, or giving an additional advantage to an already strong car/driver combo.
I don’t really understand the point of the sprints if they’re not going to do something to shake up the order like they have in the past. With reliability getting more and more universal across teams, sprint results are pretty comparable to the grand prix results.
As a fan I do appreciate having more on-track racing to watch, but I do wish they would reverse the top of the grid again to really shake things up and give those slower teams some more opportunities for points/battles.
I really don’t understand the push for sprint races… They bring nothing to the table, and yet Dominicalli sell out for them for a quick buck. Everything F1 does in the last 5 years has been extremely short -sighted.
I suspect track ticket sales are better and they can charge more for Saturdays with a sprint.
Sounds like it’s just going to be a trophy of some kind, which would be alright. It’s a pretty darn impressive accomplishment to keep it together in both qualifying and race sessions, so I’d imagine the teams/drivers may actually be proud of them. Not going to be a big deal for viewers though, obviously.
yeah i’m good with another trophy like the mini-tire they sign for pole. I’d say this award should also require getting fastest lap during the race tho.
Isn’t there already an unofficial “Grand Chelem/Slam” on any race weekend? Pole, leads every lap, wins the race, and fastest lap, I think.
If they’re gonna do this, name it something else. That said, seems like there’s already enough awards given out. Do they really need more? And when I say “they,” I mean Max 😅.
At the least, there should absolutely NOT be any additional award of points.
This is only worth doing when the are different winners each week. So until someone can actually challenge Verstappen then I don’t see why they’d do this.
Yep I agree this would just be giving extra points to the dominant driver. Hardly exciting stuff.
If we’re going to experiment with ideas that detract from pure racing I’d like to see constructor points awarded to teams that can keep both their cars within a place of each other on the grid. Could make for some interesting team orders but I can also see how it could be incredibly dangerous.
Imagine a scenario where a driver is told to give up track position for the extra constructor points…oof
It seems that they aren’t considering giving out additional points for that, which is sensible. There’s no real need for that. A driver, who wins all three sessions, is already earning more than enough.
