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Plans for Grand Slam to attract younger audience

As part of efforts to engage with younger viewers, F1 president Stefano Domenicali has revealed plans to crown a Grand Slam winner. The structure of a Formula 1 weekend has been tinkered with for 2021. The most consistent change was reducing both Friday practice sessions to 60 minutes each, rather than 90, but the alterations have gone much further. At the British Grand Prix we saw Sprint Qualifying staged for the first time, a 100km sprint race which is used to set the grid for Sunday's main grand prix. The traditional Q1, Q2 and Q3 qualifying format still takes place, but on Friday instead, determining the Sprint Qualifying grid. It is all part of Formula 1's efforts to spike interest in...
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