F1 Driver Max Verstappen Hints He Might Leave Over Current Race Weekend Format
justjared.comMax Verstappen has spoken out about the current race format for Formula One. The 25-year-old Dutch driver for Red Bull Racing shared his thoughts about the current race formats.
As it stands right now, there is a first qualifier (Friday), which determines the start the dash (on Saturdays), which then puts the starting lineup in stone for the Grand Prix (Sundays).
There’s also talk about adding an additional qualifying session for the “Sprints” in the season. However, Max argues that adding that in might actually be too much. Keep reading to find out more… During an interview with Portuguese television channel Sport TV, via SI, Max hinted that making that change might push him out and make him want to leave. “I hope there won’t be too many changes, otherwise I won’t be around for too long,” he shared. “I am not a fan of it at all.
When we do all that kind of stuff, the weekend becomes very intense, and we already do a lot of races. But it is not the right way to go about it.” Max added that while he understood that “they want to make every day at the track exciting, but they should reduce the weekend, and only race on Saturday and Sunday and make those two days exciting.” “We are heading into seasons where we could have 24 or 25 races and if you then start adding more it is not worth it for me.
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