Formula One Team Owner Suggests Reversing Starting Grid
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Team Owner Proposes Reversing F1
Starting Grid To Promote More Passing |
WilliamsF1 race team co-Owner Patrick Head has proposed "reversing the start grid in Formula One to improve the spectacle of the sport," according to SPORTING LIFE. Head suggested that the fastest cars start from the "back of the grid and the slowest from the front." Head: "It's the same for everybody, and over a whole season the right guy would still win the championship." Head said that the current system, in which the fastest cars in qualifying start up front, means "there is less chance of overtaking." Head: "The fastest drivers might say: 'Well, overtaking is a risk and it puts us more at risk than the guys who don't have to do that.' I'm sure people would complain about it" (SPORTINGLIFE.com, 3/11).
SINGAPORE SALES: Organizers for the Sepang Int'l Circuit Malaysian Grand Prix on March 23 are "targeting a record 50,000 foreign visitors." However, with F1's first night race in Singapore in September, "some Singaporeans who have been regulars at the Kuala Lumpur circuit have decided" to skip the March 23 race. Fascinating Holidays Operations Manager Magdalene Ma, whose company has sold Malaysian F1 packages for the past few years, said that her company is "seeing a [10-20%] decline compared to previous years" (AUTORACING1.com, 3/10).
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