Max Verstappen has questioned the logic behind making the returning Chinese Grand Prix a sprint weekend.
F1 is returning to the Shanghai International Circuit for the first time since 2019, after the COVID-19 pandemic caused the Chinese Grand Prix to be cancelled for four consecutive years.
"Yeah, it's very smart to do that,” Verstappen sarcastically replied when asked for his thoughts on the move. "On the other hand, it probably spices things up a bit more, and that's maybe what they would like to see. But purely from a driving and performance perspective of the sport, I think it's not the smartest thing to do.
“But I think from the preparation side, it's going to be definitely one that is going to be really hard because, I mean, I've never raced there, for example, with Red Bull so it's going to be quite a lot to do in a single practice.”said it “makes sense” to hold a sprint event in China, but highlighted concerns about a lack of practice around a circuit that F1 cars have not run on for several years.
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