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F1 considering ‘Grand Slam’ idea for Sprint races in 2024(www.motorsport.com)

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dr_doomscroller@lemmy.world
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a reverse grid is going to set up too many crash situations with all the inevitable passing. then that brings in a lot of questions about wrecking cars a day before the real race and how all this affects the budget caps

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lackthought@lemmy.sdf.org
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theoretically they could exclude costs related to direct contact in a sprint race from the budget

but that would mean someone has to audit costs and determine if the damage was actually related to contact on a sprint race, which seems like a headache

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ooboontoo@lemmy.world
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I don’t think just because there’s more passing automatically means more crashes. If anything the faster cars would take it easy on the first lap (when most incidents occur) knowing they have the speed to overtake once all the craziness is over.

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tiagoasazevedo@lemmy.world
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All that means wasting the first few laps in a 1/3 race that only gives points up to the 8th place. The only way for the 20th to get to the points is to full throttle from the get go.

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