The BBC has apparently run out of radio channels (golf and cricket have grabbed R5L and R5LX) so there is a temporary DAB station from 2.30pm BST "BBC Radio 5 Live Formula 1" for the live commentary. A re-scan has just found it.
I don't see the point of the 'sprint' race. Because it resets the grid, it's effectively part of the race itself, which is red-flagged at 100Km. and re-started on the Sunday. It's obvious why they've done that, because without the grid reset most drivers wouldn't care where they finished so would just trundle round looking after the car.
Final Practice 2 is of limited use because the cars can't be changed after qualifying, and FP3 has gone. So the drivers/cars now go into qualifying after only one practice session which will make set-up and tyre management harder for no good reason I can see apart from randomly messing up the teams.
I think it needs a tweak or two. Or binning.
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