So to me The Sprint races are not any new entertainment really, drivers likely to hesitate in a risk pass to save car for main race OR these days $$, so sprint races are just a subset of the typical processional leaders and followers F1 race, sadly, not enuf passing or fighting, imo, FIA penalties if any wheel knocking - pampered teams and drivers races !!
and yes the $$ (budget and winnings) is what makes the teams to ONLY fight in a race and be risk avoiding otherwise !!
yes I have been watching F1 since before 1988, yes have seen lots of tech and yes lots of TOO boring F1 races.
BUT, we have had some exciting races, even this year kinda, but F1/teams TOO frightened to really fight in a race, especially sprint races.
Yes FIA/Teams TOO FRIGHTEN TO HAVE, reverse grid races, OR front 10 in rear, OR random races with random grids OR even intentionally artificial RAIN/wet races, etc - winning teams ALWAYS want to keep it the same !!
To me the easiest way to have exciting races (no more artificial than is DRS!!) is to have either random (no one knows until the main race - can it kept as a secret--doubtful) reverse grid races OR randomly chosen random grid races via a last min algorithm ran 5 mis before grid line up !!
Both would be wonderfully exciting and i personally think drivers will love it - and F$%K the stats - who cares !!?? I LOVE '*' next to things !!
What say you about making an abstract not important to world F1 race MUCH more entertaining ??
PS: and yes the F1 sound can be very much improved too, too frightened to even make that better, same same seems what the teams and winners want NOT real new formula or simpler/cheaper non hybrid engines - I said 'sound' as NOISE to some cultures is an UGLY sound, and music is sound and current engines are more 'noise' than lovely harmonic V-8/10/12 musical 'sound'. (yes 180 degree V-6 DO sound better than them 90 degree V-8's, but not as nice as 180 degree engines of yesteryear !)
