Günther Steiner still not in favor of a race on Saturday

The potential overhaul of race weekend formats in F1 had emerged since the arrival of Liberty Media at the helm of the discipline. If the American entity is currently focused on future technical regulations, first for 2019, then mainly for 2021 (engines), several ideas had been put forward.

The setting up of a second race regularly comes up among the possibilities, but this possibility does not seem to please Günther Steiner.

“I can't comment on whether a sprint race is completely off the table, but I am not in favor of racing on Saturday, comments the Team Principal of Haas F1 Team.

First of all, it interferes with the Sunday race. If we have two races, it has an effect on the Sunday race because you already had one on Saturday.

This is why qualification is an event in itself. It’s a moment full of emotions, very exciting. It's not just that you might get damage, you need to have twice as many spares, and you need to have them since there are two races.

The chance of getting damage is much higher. You need to make sure you have enough spares for two races. The transportation costs would be enormous just for the material and the entire investment in parts would be much higher. I don't know if it's out of the loop anymore, but I'm not in favor of something like that. »

The American Eldorado

On the other hand, Günther Steiner, without thinking that it would be necessary to greatly increase the number of races per year, believes that the arrival of a possible event in Miami (Florida) would be beneficial, including for the other American round in Austin in Texas.

“By boosting general interest in Formula 1 in North America, Austin will also benefit, because people who go to Miami will also go to Austin, or those who can't go to Miami will go to Austin instead of Miami .

I think it's a very good thing to have two races in North America. »