F1 - It's a marathon not a sprint...isn't it?
Marathon or Sprint? It was announced this week that F1 will be featuring six (yes that's six) sprint races in the 2023 schedule. Next season we will see the format rearing it's head at Azerbaijan, Austria, Belgium, Qatar, the USA and Brazil. This format seems to split the fan base and does so in a couple of ways. These are basically the divide between those for and against the format all together and then those that kinda like it but feel it only works at certain tracks. In fact the list announced already raises some concern as while Brazil was a good example of a sprint race, we're not so sure how well one will fare in Baku. For anyone new to the party, the sprint format was introduced last year as a way to inject some action into each of the three days of a race weekend. In a sprint-less weekend, the Friday sessions are for the die-hard fans as they just consist of free practice where the teams & drivers will be dialing in the settings needed for the rest of...