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Verstappen on new F1 Sprint format: 'Scrap the whole thing!'

Max Verstappen isn't backing away from his criticism of F1's Sprint races, urging the sport to "scrap the whole thing" after sampling the new format in Baku. Formula 1 introduced this weekend in Azerbaijan a new approach to its Sprint concept that devotes the whole of Saturday to the shorter distance event. Grid positions for Sunday's Grand Prix were set on Friday afternoon, while a Sprint Shootout session set the grid for the post meridian's 17-lap mad dash. Verstappen concluded his race third, but the Dutchman – already in a feisty mood following his run-in with George Russell in the race – didn't have a positive word to say about the Sprint or its new format. "Just...
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