New F1 sprint more logical but not more exciting

Despite his success in sprints in recent seasons, Verstappen has made it clear he is not a fan of having an extra event tacked on to the weekend.

This year’s timetable has been changed, with the shootout on Friday followed by the sprint and main qualifying on Saturday.

The key change is that while previously teams were locked into an unchanged car specification from FP1 onwards, there are now two parc ferme periods, with a window between the…