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Hamilton: Sprint Qualifying action 'won't be too exciting'
Lewis Hamilton believes next week's historical first Sprint Qualifying event at Silverstone will likely result in a "train" of cars and few overtakes. In a bid to boost the attention of fans and viewers, Formula 1 will premiere its innovative new weekend format that will feature a qualifying session on Friday afternoon and a 100-kilometer mad dash on Saturday that will determine the grid for Sunday's British Grand Prix. The sport's chiefs hope the short Sprint Qualifying race will produce some frantic battles up and down the field, but Hamilton believes the event will amount to little more than a procession due to Silverstone's layout. "It'll just be a train probably,"...
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