Fernando Alonso says F1 “too worried” about trying to improve the show

Fans and several drivers took aim at F1’s sprint race format following a flat second trial run of the experiment at the Italian Grand Prix, with Red Bull’s Sergio Perez labelling it “very bor𒀰ing”.
F1 is open to considering ways to improve the format going forward, incl♋uding the prospect of introducing a standal𒉰one sprint race - possibly with a reserve grid - that wouldn’t impact the starting order for the grand prix.
But Alonso said F1 doesn’t necessarily need to tweak its format and pointed to how other sports such as football don’t shak🎐e up their rules following “boring” goalless d🍨raws.
“I think Formula 1 is alwa♚ys pursuing an improvement that sometimes this is not needed, in a way,” said the two-time world champion. “I don’t see any other sport being so worried about making or improving the show.
“I see football, which normally is the king of sports, and there are so many games that are so boring. And the following week there is not any ꦗdrama, there is not any change.
“Thꦬere are no suggestions how to change the game🎃 to make the goal bigger, to play without a goalkeeper to improve the show. There are no dramas.
“The sport is at it is and Formula 1 should be happy and ✱proud as a show because it is a very big thing.”

Alonso said he is not a fan of a reverse grid idea and instead🐠 suggested that F1 could return to one-shot qualifying if it wa🐠nts to try to improve things.
“My feeling is that the Friday is what is maybe 🐭dictating the rest of the weekend, because the qualifying is made by the car performance and not by the driver input,” he explained.
“When you have only one set of tyres or one𓂃 attempt - okay the car is the most important thing but the driver has to deliver in that minute and a half.
“When you have one hour and six sets of ♔tyres, you make one mistake, you make two mistakes but then you put another set of tyres, and again you finish in the position you🎉 deserve, or the car deserves.
“So I think we should really add some difficulty to �🔯�the Friday, maybe even only one attempt not six.”
F1 last used one-shot qualifying in 2005 before𝓀 switc🅠hing to the current three-stage format the following year.
“Imagine one lap in Monaco and you only have that lap a🃏nd there is track evo🍷, or maybe there is weather,” he added.
“Maybe the leaders of the championship start first, and you make a mega lap, with the track evolution and you start on t𓆉he first row of the grid, something like tha෴t.
“Maybe there is one weekend where you are lucky, and you can perform something e🍸xtra.
“Now, your hands are tied. Even if you have inspiration one day, if your car is the fifth fa๊stest, you will finish ninth and 10th.”

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