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Alonso: ‘Fresh' Sprint Qualifying will ‘spice up' F1

Fernando Alonso is looking forward to trialling the Sprint Qualifying format this season, saying 2021 is the year to experiment. Plans to replace Saturday qualifying at selected events with a 100km sprint race have been approved, and it has since been confirmed the British Grand Prix will set the scene for the first ever staging of Sprint Qualifying. Having made his Formula 1 debut in 2001, there are few concepts Alonso has not seen in a race weekend, but this one will be new to all. And the Alpine racer is firmly behind Sprint Qualifying, feeling 2021 is the perfect season to experiment before 2022 when 'hopes are high for a better Formula 1'. 'I think it's good. It's a new, fresh idea...
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