Carey: no unanimous agreement for qualifying races

While the 2020 F1 season will start in unprecedented circumstances, the owner of the championship Liberty Media proposed testing the principle of qualifying races with a reverse grid in the order of the Drivers' classification on Saturday to determine the Grand Prix grid. The idea is to adopt this unusual format for the second round of meetings extended over a full week on the same circuit.

The boss of the F1 Chase Carey nevertheless admitted that the concept was difficult to put in place, especially with the disagreement of certain teams.

“We had the idea of ​​a reverse grid, but not all teams were comfortable with it, he confided on the official F1 website. We need unanimous agreement from the teams to make these changes at such short notice. We're pretty much moving through the season in real time, but we'll continue to think about some ideas. »

Chase Carey emphasizes that F1 organizers will take care to respect the competition and not tarnish the image of the discipline.

“It’s a great sport with a great history, great heroes, great stars, incredibly talented drivers and more. We therefore want to respect all the elements, but we do not wish to close the door to certain changes., added the American businessman. On one level, this unprecedented season offers us the chance to test something that could only be beneficial to racing. Otherwise we wouldn't test it. We always want to surpass ourselves and find things that can make the discipline better. »