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Within the round-up: System 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali says the concept of getting reverse grid dash races is into consideration once more.
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Domenicali floats reverse grid proposal once more
Domenicali expanded on his desire to see more competitive sessions and less practice during race weekends in future. Talking to Corriere della Serra the F1 CEO recommended “every session must be making a gift of both factors, or single qualifying laps, or a qualification for a distinct and shorter Saturday race, as a substitute of the third free apply, maybe with the mechanism of the inverted grid.”
The disrupted grids brought on by a number of penalties at races similar to this yr’s Belgian Grand Prix present “the great thing about having reshuffles within the race, extra overtaking,” stated Domenicali. “We have now an obligation to strive.”
F1 repeatedly tried to introduce reverse grid races with out success earlier than Domenicali changed Chase Carey as CEO originally of final yr. The proposal was blocked by some groups, together with Mercedes, whose group principal Toto Wolff described it as “not something we should even come close to in Formula 1.”
Latifi criticises ‘sluggish’ stewards
Nicholas Latifi stated the Italian Grand Prix stewards had been too sluggish to penalise Kevin Magnussen for chopping the Rettifilo chicane on the primary lap of the race.
“I bought actually compromised within the first nook, simply bought sandwiched between automobiles and tried to keep away from getting crashed into,” he defined. “One of many Haases lower the nook with no consequence in any respect. It got here from behind me, as a result of it was behind me into the primary nook, after which he exited two or three locations in entrance of me. So I believe the stewards had been a bit asleep there as a result of it was a number of laps they usually didn’t do something.”
Latifi stated the setback compromised his race as he spent the opening laps “caught behind the Haas.” Magnussen was ultimately given a five-second time penalty for leaving the monitor and gaining a bonus.
“In clear air I believe I used to be faster than them however the issue is we’ve no grip via the corners,” he stated. “They’re pulling like a second via the corners and we achieve possibly a few of it again within the straights. And the race was compromised from there.”
Zhou happy by factors return
Zhou Guanyu was relieved to attain his first factors end for seven races after taking tenth place at Monza.
“It was fairly an intense race however we had the tempo to maintain the Alpine behind, additionally the Aston originally,” stated the Alfa Romeo driver. “So my focus was at all times to get into the factors, I believe it was very shut the entire race. So it was glad to be lastly again to the place we had been after Canada.”
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