For several months it has been said that F1 could have races with an inverted grid, with the aim of having more open competitions. However, the new president and CEO of the highest category, Stefano Domenicali, has ruled out this option. However, he left open the possibility of having a short race on Saturday.
In dialogue with the media, the Italian manager said: “The idea of the grid doesn’t work, that’s something I can tell you. I think it is important to think perhaps of new ideas that will make it more attractive or interesting, but we do not have to lose the traditional approach to racing.
I think that what we learned in the period where we change the classification every two days, has been something that has crushed our fingers. For this reason we need to avoid that. Now I consider the formula to be very stable.
What we are seeing, without a doubt, is what could be the focus of the so-called ‘sprint race’ on Saturday. We are wondering if this could be tested this year. There are conversations with the teams, in the right forum. And I think maybe this could be the only thing that could be interesting, “Domenicali said.
The manager also announced that young talents will have greater visibility: “We need to pay attention once again to the newbies, the true newbies. Today, with the fact that we have less evidence, we need to create [oportunidades para que los novatos piloteen autos de F1, no solo en los entrenamientos libres, como ya reza en el reglamento.
Tal vez podamos crear buenos eventos, destacando el hecho de que debemos centrar la atención en los novatos. Tenemos una muy buena cantidad de pilotos jóvenes que ya están en la Fórmula 1, pero no podemos detener ese flujo”, señaló Domenicali.
Finalmente sobre el tercer Gran Premio de 2021, que aún está por confirmarse, el ex jefe de la Scuderia Ferrari indicó: “Tan pronto como sea posible, podremos anunciar algo, y eso será en los próximos días, no en los próximos dos meses. Tengo reuniones para entender cuál es el estado de la situación, y uno de los posibles planes B podría ser una carrera doble en Bahrein. Pero este es un plan y no hay nada confirmado. Nos estamos enfocando en tratar de mantener el calendario como está“, expresó el nuevo CEO.
