Method One’s CEO and President Stefano Domenicali said that dash races have been profitable regardless of preliminary criticism whereas he has additionally revealed that he would enhance the variety of the 100km races as much as eight.
Dash races made their method into Method One in 2021. The brief races encompasses a distance of 100km and final round 25-Half-hour. The game launched the particular format with a purpose to present a brief and fast-paced racing spectacle.
The foundations that decide the schedule and format of dash weekends have gone via modifications on a number of events. For the present season, a brand new format has been launched with six places internet hosting the 100km sprint.
At the moment, the Dash Shootout, which determines the grid for the Dash, takes place on Friday after the only real follow session.. The Dash itself is the primary occasion on a Saturday, with factors being handed out to the highest eight finishers: the winner will get eight factors, and the motive force in eighth features one level – the identical as in 2023.
The Dash stays a standalone occasion that doesn’t have an effect on the beginning grid on Sunday. Qualifying for the Grand Prix takes place on Saturday following the conclusion of the race.
Chatting with Motorsport.com, Method One CEO and President Stefano Domenicali stated that the preliminary criticism has proved incorrect as the game has managed to tweak the dash guidelines in a method that has led to a greater movement over the weekend.
“I bear in mind after we launched them we had numerous criticism from the purists – who we have to at all times hearken to, even to those who usually are not pleased with it.
“However I really feel that now the factor has shifted utterly the opposite method round. I believe that the change we have launched this yr is the suitable one for a lot of causes – with separate qualifying and parc ferme. The movement is significantly better in the present day.”
The variety of sprints was upped to 6 per season in 2023. Now at 25 p.c of the calendar, Domenicali want to see the proportion elevated to a 3rd of all grand prix or eight a yr.
“I believe that we’re not ready to say that we will be like MotoGP, for instance, with a full race calendar state of affairs of sprints. However there’s margin to develop, perhaps for one third of the calendar. That might be a chance.”
Method One was contemplating introducing reverse grids to dash races, however it earned heavy criticism each from drivers and followers. Nevertheless Domenicali has now insisted that he can be blissful to re-open reverse grid F1 Dash discussions, hitting again at anybody who sees it as “faux” racing.
“There are particular subjects which might be at all times fairly debatable. We will once more talk about if there’s the necessity to reverse the grid, or half of the grid like F2 and F3 are doing.
“So these are at all times issues to maintain the thoughts alive, if I could say, with the intent to maintain one thing at all times attention-grabbing. Personally, I might say, why not? It is numerous motion. It’s overtaking.
“You are combating for factors. Some individuals can say, ‘Oh, it’s a faux method of racing.’ Faux? There may be nothing faux associated to what you consider is the suitable format to supply nice motion. So I might have an interest to debate that once more,” the 59-year-old was quoted as saying by Motorsport.com.
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