Formulation 1 confirmed on Thursday a change to their schedule for the 2021 season, which is able to see three races utilise the Dash Race format, which implies that the British GP can have a complete of 29 factors on supply to a single driver, which is a file excessive for the game.
Since 2019 there was a most of 26 factors on supply to a single driver per race, with the final change being awarding a solitary level for recording the quickest lap of the race, paradoxically it is that time which presently separates Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen within the championship standings.
On July 16, the British Grand Prix weekend will start, and it will likely be the primary to function the brand new dash race qualification on a Saturday which really awards championship factors.
“We are going to solely know if the system works after three checks,” defined Purple Bull advisor, Helmut Marko.
“If the system does not show its price then Formulation 1 will revert to the traditional format. Mainly, we’re open to giving these dash races an opportunity to determine themselves.”
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The concept behind this plan really predates the 2021 season, and is, partially, a response to Mercedes‘ unbelievable success.
Formulation 1 turns into boring if one staff at all times emerges on high, it is distinctive from some other sports activities that no person actually enjoys seeing that stage of dominance.
If, in soccer, Manchester United win the Champions League yearly, as unlikely as that’s, their followers won’t ever tire of it.
In F1, if one staff wins yearly then the game as a complete suffers, with outdoors curiosity more likely to dwindle.
The introduction of dash races is an try and deliver a stage of unpredictability to the game, though paradoxically this transformation arrives at a time after we’re seeing essentially the most fiercely contested battle on the high of the grid in years.
Along with this, Bernie Ecclestone, former F1 supremo, is anxious on the wholesale change.
“We are going to see what the followers consider these new races,” he added.