Formula 1, from the landing place of Liberty Media and in particular from that of Stefano Sundays, has changed and not a little what it is his mentality. United to hide the various innovations that have been made over the seasons, always with one great purpose: to increase the show.
F1 and the show brought by Libery Media
In fact, the magic word of recent years seems to be precisely "Show”. Liberty Media's goal is to give more and more unpredictability, which often, however, can snag in what is the safety of the drivers on the track. The words of the CEO of the are very clear on this wavelength Formula 1 Stefano Domenicali, who has always described himself as one of the main promoters for the elimination of free tests: "I am an advocate – admitted Domenicali – of the cancellation of the free trials. They are very useful to engineers, this is true, but they are little liked by the public. It is important that there is action every day. All this could add further intensity to the show: everyone wants to see the cars on the track to race.
Verstappen against: “It's horrible. It's not the DNA of F1"
The idea is therefore very clear. Just think of the introduction of the sprint, with the big changes also made during this season. Indeed, in Baku the new format consisting of a single free practice session, before entering parc fermé. Of a completely opposite opinion to this type of "modus operandi" is the world champion Max Verstappen who, focusing his attention on the new format of the Sprint, admitted: “It's awful. I don't enjoy it. Even if you change the format I don't find it in the DNA of Formula 1 to do this type of sprint race. Formula 1 is about getting the most out of qualifying and then having a fantastic Sunday, with long races".
Domenicali replies: "Enough of being selfish"
No such declarations were made await response from F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali, interviewed by Mail Sport: “I don't want a society where people can't say what they want. But sometimes pilots have to remember that they are part of a bigger picture. They don't have to be selfish. They're part of this sport and this business, and it's growing because we're thinking big. Sometimes getting out of our comfort zone isn't easy, but we can't be lazy, just as we can review some of the specifics of the sprint weekend format at the end of the season, having tried it on the six scheduled occasions. We won't even be doing sprints every weekend. But we have a new audience and we need to deliver value for money with every session, don't let everything be to the advantage of engineers and pilots".
