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Qualifying sprint race claims 'not true' - report

Sep.14 Mattia Binotto may have jumped the gun by announcing that F1's qualifying format is changing radically for 2020. The Ferrari boss told La Gazzetta dello Sport that all ten teams have agreed to scrap the existing knockout format in favour of a new Saturday sprint race. "All teams have said yes, including us," Binotto said. "So in 2020, it will be done." However, reporting for Speed Week, correspondent Mathias Brunner says Binotto's claim is in fact "not true", because a format vote on the matter is in fact yet to be conducted. "It is quite possible that a qualifying grand prix will come. But it's not decided yet," he added. Indeed, F1 sporting...
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