- World champion says sprint races are not ‘in the DNA of F1’
- F1 bosses consider making shortened race standalone event
Regardless of how the Australian Grand Prix plays out, Formula One will leave Melbourne having to consider Max Verstappen’s threat to quit the sport because of its continued determination to hold sprint races.
Having secured pole for at Albert Park, the world champion, who has previously expressed his dissatisfaction with the sprint race format, was blunt in stating it was not in the DNA of the sport and that F1 was not going about improving race weekends the right way.