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Bottas: Reverse grid F1 races would’ve been ‘a bit unfair'

Valtteri Bottas says the introduction of reverse grid qualifying races in Formula 1 would have been “a bit unfair” given how difficult it is to overtake at certain tracks.  F1 was hoping to trial a 30-minute sprint style qualifying race set by the reverse championship order on the second weekend of the double-header events in Austria and Great Britain to determine the grid for the main grand prix on Sunday. Despite the majority of teams being in favour of the format change, Mercedes opposed the proposal and F1’s failure to obtain unanimity means the initiative has been dropped for this season.  Bottas said he was “kind of” interested in the idea but also felt it would be unfair...
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