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Mercedes blocked F1’s 'wrong' qualifying race proposal

Toto Wolff has confirmed that Mercedes was one of the two teams to vote against a proposal to introduce qualifying races at three rounds during the 2020 Formula 1 season. F1 had hoped to experiment with the weekend format in 2020 ahead of the next regulation overhaul planned for 2021 by introducing Saturday reserve-grid qualifying races that would determine the grid for Sunday’s main grand prix. The plan was for qualifying races – which would be set by the reverse championship order – to take on Saturday at three of the 21 races next year, with Paul Ricard, Spa-Francorchamps and Sochi the suggested venues to trail the idea. But F1 motorsport boss Ross Brawn revealed over the Mexican...
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