Max Verstappen has threatened to show his again on Formula 1 if the game’s decision-makers hold messing with its “DNA”.
Chatting with reporters with a head of steam after qualifying his Crimson Bull crew on pole place for the Australian Grand Prix, the world champion made no secret of what he thought concerning the dash format modifications slated to start in Azerbaijan.
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The fourth spherical of the season in Azerbaijan will host the primary of six, 30-minute dash occasions scheduled this yr, which is able to kind Sunday’s grid.
There has additionally been discuss of including a second qualifying session rather than what F1 chiefs suppose is a meaningless follow session, which might give them a extra profitable product to promote to broadcasters.
However Verstappen is “not a fan” of the proposed modifications, and he made it identified.
“I am proud of simply the primary race. I feel that is means higher for the thrill,” he stated.
“I naturally hope that there will not be too many modifications; in any other case I will not be round for too lengthy.”
The 25-year-old says an excessive amount of racing dilutes the product, which he thinks is ok as it’s.
“After we do all that form of stuff, the weekend turns into extra intense and we’re already doing so many races. So, that is not the precise option to go about it,” he stated.
“I perceive, after all they needed to have day-after-day thrilling, however then it is possibly higher to cut back the weekend, solely race on Saturday and Sunday and make these two days thrilling.
“We’re including into seasons that can quickly have 24 or 25 races and should you begin including much more stuff, it is not price it for me, I am not having fun with that.
“For me, a dash race is all about surviving, it is not about racing. When you’ve gotten a quick automotive there’s nothing to threat.
“I favor to only hold my automotive alive and be sure you have race automotive for Sunday.
“Even should you change the format, I do not discover it is the DNA of F1 to do these form of dash races.
“F1 is about getting essentially the most out of it in qualifying and having a tremendous Sunday with lengthy race distance, that is the DNA of the game.
“I do not perceive or I do not know why we must always change that as a result of I feel the motion has been good and the way do you get much more motion?
“It is about getting the automobiles nearer, getting extra groups in a position to combat for the win. I feel naturally the present might be nice.
“If we’ve six or seven groups combating for the win that will be insane, and you actually do not actually need to vary something.”
The Australian Grand Prix will begin at 3:00pm on Sunday.
