Last weekend Stefano Domenicali visited the first round of the MotoGP season in Portimão. The head of Formula 1, in an interview with a correspondent of the Portuguese TV channel SportTV, expressed a sentence with a touch of sensation.
“I support the idea of canceling free practice,” Domenicali said. “These sessions are necessary for the engineers, but the public doesn’t like them.”
Given that Formula 1 has recently been experimenting with race weekend formats, such words from Domenicali can be interpreted literally if desired. However, according to Racingnews365, we are not talking about a complete rejection of Friday practice.
However, championship management is discussing different ideas on how to adapt practice to make it more relevant to the race weekend. In Formula 1 in particular, proposals for prizes to drivers are judged on the basis of the results of free races or even points. The publication gives no other details.
Source: F1 News
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