On January 20, Beijing time, the controversial F1 sprint races may be cancelled in the new season. The new ranking rules were only put into trial operation last year.
According to the boss of McLaren, because the FIA plans to expand the number of sprint qualifying matches from 3 to 6 stops this year, it has caused dissatisfaction among many teams. Many teams wanted to increase the budget cap, but didn't pass it.
However, in the 2023 season, sprint qualifying is likely to make a comeback, and more sub-stations will be used.
McLaren boss Zach Brown said that this year's original plan was to increase the number of sprint qualifying matches from 3 to 6 last year, but it would take the consent of 8 teams. It's hard to agree. When you want to challenge them (team owners), it's often their new challenge. You have to anticipate it, and then say, it's all nonsense.
According to the British media, some teams want to increase the preliminaries, and one team even wants to expand the preliminary limit of 3.7 million pounds ($500). It's ridiculous, and there's no way they can agree. However, the British media did not name the team.
F1 introduced sprint qualifying in the 2021 season to replace the previous qualifying, but caused a lot of controversy.
Longer races, similar to the scaled-down version of the main race, are expensive for the car as well as the drivers. In addition, in order to cope with possible racing losses, many teams need to prepare a large number of spare parts. But the FIA does not agree to a significant increase in the fleet's budget, that is, a disguised reduction in some of the budget ceiling.
For the audience, sprint qualifying is not much different from some main matches, there is no freshness.
However, the existing qualifying has also been changed and changed, and it has also been controversial before.
Last season's British Grand Prix, Italian Grand Prix and Brazilian Grand Prix all used sprint qualifying. The race also added driver points, with the top three scoring 3, 2 and 1 point respectively.
Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu's partner Bottas is the big winner in the sprint qualifying, and in last year's three races, he all reached the top three and won the first place twice (Italy was sent the last start), scoring a total of 7 points. Verstappen won 1 title and 2 runners-up in sprint qualifying, also 7 points.
Hamilton was average in this competition, scoring qualifying only once. If there is no sprint qualifying, last year's championship is Hamilton's.
McLaren said he didn't care, in fact, he was the big winner of the sprint qualifying.
Due to excessive consumption in qualifying, Bottas started in the last place, and XiaoHan and Xiao Pan collided in the race. Last year's italian championship and runner-up were won by Ricciardo and Norris.
Hamilton performed mediocre in sprint qualifying, but then played well in the regular race. In addition to Monza, he has a very big advantage in the UK and Brazil.
While there may not be sprint qualifying in the 2022 season, by the 2023 season they may be back. According to the previous rules, the next season, as long as half of the teams vote, sprint qualifying will return. Some small and medium-sized teams that play in regular competitions are likely to sprint to qualify with all their might. Anyway, this competition, there are also points to take.
According to the current trend, the race in West Asia is likely to be favored by sprint qualifying.
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