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Helmut Marko: 2020 qualifying plans 'are absurd'

Aston Martin Red Bull Racing adviser Dr Helmut Marko has called the proposed plans for qualifying at some Grand Prix weekends in 2020 to be a mini sprint race “absurd”, saying that at some circuits there wouldn’t be any point. Liberty Media has made the call that at two or three races’ qualifying will be changed to a different format to see how it works. Rather than the current format of setting the fastest lap possible over three qualifying sessions drivers will instead take part in a short race with the grid starting in reverse order of the World Championship to determine position for Sunday. "These plans are absurd," Red Bull's Marko said...
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