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Azerbaijan GP: Teams block FIA's last-minute rule change

Formula 1 teams have blocked a last-minute attempt by the FIA to close a tyre loophole ahead of tomorrow's sprint shootout; a shortened qualifying session to determine the grid for Saturday afternoon's sprint race. The format for this weekend's Azerbaijan Grand Prix sprint is drastically different to any previous sprint race, given that Saturday is technically now a designated ‘sprint' day. Saturday morning will see a shortened qualifying session, with SQ1 (effectively Q1 just with a different name) being 12 minutes, SQ2 being 10 minutes and SQ3 being just 8 minutes. Whilst drivers will have time to pit during SQ1, the idea behind the shortened qualifying format is that in SQ2 and...
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