News Details

Horner in favour of reverse-grid qualifying races

Today's confirmation of the initial 8 rounds of the 2020 season sees the sport enter one of its busiest ever periods, with two triple-headers as organizers fit the eight races into ten weekends. Though the format of the race weekends has yet to be confirmed, while we are expecting the schedule to be reduced from three days to two, it appears that plans to have reverse-grid qualifying races on the second Saturday of the Red Bull Ring and Silverstone events will not get the all-clear. For the proposal to move forward requires the agreement of all ten teams, and according to Mercedes it is a gimmick and consequently the German team is vetoing the proposal. 'We don't believe F1 needs gimmicks...
Full Story »
5y ago from Pitpass.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Reverse grid qualifying races for F1’s return face...

The concept of reverse grid qualifying races to decide the grid for the...
5y ago from Racer.com

Mercedes Oppose New Reverse Grid Qualifying Race...

With the start of the Formula 1 season on the horizon, the FIA and...

Red Bull: Merc don't want reverse-grid race 'variable'

A proposal to introduce reverse-grid races when Formula 1 returns next...
5y ago from SkySports.com

Red Bull urges Mercedes to back reverse grid race...

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has called on Mercedes to support...
5y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Alex Palou responds to McLaren court ruling

Alex Palou has been ordered to pay McLaren Racing over $12 million...

McLaren wins contract breach suit against Alex Palou

McLaren has prevailed in its lawsuit against star IndyCar driver Alex...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Oliver Solberg crowned the youngest ever Rallye Monte...

Oliver Solberg and Elliot Edmondson created a piece of Rally Monte Carlo...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Two WONDER strikes fire Man Utd to huge win in...

FREE TO WATCH: Highlights from Arsenal's match against Manchester United...
1h ago from SkySports.com

Insider reveals what Michael Carrick did behind the...

Michael Carrick reportedly spent all night planning the perfect game plan...
35m ago from CaughtOffside.com

'Always fumbles when it matters most', 'Messed...

Fans reacted to Martin Zubimendi's performance in Arsenal's 3-2 Premier...
25m ago from SportsKeeda.com

Watch: Patrick Dorgu with a stunning strike to give...

Manchester United have completely turned the tide at the Emirates Stadium,...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

2026 Daytona 24 Hours - results

Check out the full race results from the 64th... Read More »
1h ago from RacingNews365.com

Are Ferrari back? Charles Leclerc 'excited' after...

Charles Leclerc shared his thoughts after driving... Read More »
1h ago from GPFans.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.