FORMULA 1
Formula 1 organisers and teams are evaluating yet more tweaks to the set-up of sprint race weekends amid ongoing complaints that six further ‘trial’ events in 2023 have often proved dull and revealed flaws in the rulebook.
The landmark format change was introduced in 2021 and, initially, a Friday qualifying shootout preceded an irrelevant practice session before the result of the sprint contest determined the grid for the full grand prix. That drew