There Formula 1 will return to Shanghai after four years without litigation Chinese Grand Prix. Covid-19 caused the removal of this circuit from the calendar, but the competition will return this weekend with the excitement of the Grand Cirque.
He Chinese Grand Prix It arrives loaded, and it’s F1 has decided to choose this weekend to include a sprint raceof which some pilots gave a less than positive opinion.
Carlos Sainz was the first to “get wet” about this decision. In a few words, the Madrid native declared that it seemed risky doing this because they had not raced on the circuit for many years, and between the repaving of the layout and the fact that they did not compete with the 2022 regulations cars, a complicated weekend ahead.
The current world champion,Max Verstappenused sarcasm when assessing Formula 1’s decision to hold a sprint weekend in Shanghai: “Yes, it’s very smart to do that.“.
“I believe that It’s not good because when you haven’t been to a track for so long, I think you never know what you’ll findSO A normal race weekend would have been better“, added Max Verstappen in statements reported by ‘Motorsport’.
The Dutchman said this Grand Prix would be fun and the current inexperience of the teams and drivers would certainly make it entertaining: “This will probably spice things up a bit more., and maybe that’s what they want to see. But from a driving and performance perspective, I think it’s not the smartest thing“.
“We’ll see what we get there. I always loved going thereso I hope we can perform as well as possible, and I hope we don’t need to tweak too many things in the car,” he added in conclusion.