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Brawn convinced drivers 'will go for it' in sprint race

F1 chief Ross Brawn believes drivers won't hold back next weekend in F1's very first sprint qualifying event despite fears expressed by several competitors that the short race will amount to little more than a boring procession. Formula 1 will introduce its new format that will be trialed at three venues this season at this week's British Grand Prix. Drivers will qualify on Friday afternoon for Saturday's 100-kilometre sprint that will determine the grid for Sunday's main event. Speaking in Austria recently, Lewis Hamilton said that he doubted the sprint qualifying race would produce an exciting on-track spectacle, the seven-time world champion forecasting "a train of cars"....
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