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Verstappen critical of ‘risky’ sprint qualifying weekends

Max Verstappen believes sprint qualifying in its current form is 'too risky', given the time constraints to set up the cars for the weekend. The Sao Paulo Grand Prix will be the third and final sprint qualifying session of the season, which sees the structure of the weekend dramatically altered. While the teams normally have three hours of practice time to perfect their cars, they only have one practice session before the cars go into parc ferme for qualifying, which moves to Friday instead of its traditional Saturday slot. As a result, the first free practice sessions at Silverstone, Monza and Interlagos have seen extensive running by all the drivers as they fine-tune their cars with only...
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