F1's first sprint of the year will be held on the streets of Baku this weekend. 🇦🇿 And some teams are NOT happy. 😬 9WWOS AzerbaijanGP
"From a cost cap perspective, all you can do is trash your car, and it costs a lot of money around there," Horner said."One race is enough in Baku … a sprint race in Azerbaijan is something to be certainly wary of."
"I'm nervous about a sprint in Baku because you just don't have enough time to repair if you have major damage," he said. "But again, it's the same for everybody, and it is not so difficult to overtake at Baku. If you take risks in the more cornering parts, then there is a higher risk [of a crash]."The sport only gave confirmation of the changes to the sprint format late Tuesday AEST - barely three days before track activity begins.
Since the sprint was first introduced in 2021, the grid had been set by a Friday afternoon qualifying session that replaced the second free practice.
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