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Three reasons why Merc 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 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 would...
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