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The three reasons Mercedes blocked reverse grids
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has outlined the reasons why his team decided to block a plan to shake up Formula One's qualifying procedure at two races this year. The F1 season is due to get underway on July 5 in Austria after a three month break due to the coronavirus pandemic, and for the first time in the sport's history it will feature two back-to-back races at the same circuit at both the Red Bull Ring and Silverstone. In order to boost interest in the second round at each venue, F1 proposed scrapping the normal qualifying procedure and replacing it with a 30-minute qualifying race to determine the grid for the main race on Sunday. The starting order for the qualifying races...
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