Shorter races a good compromise, says F1 champion Norris
The change aims to reduce fuel management and let drivers race more flat out as the FIA raises fuel flow limits in coming seasons.
- On Monday, the governing FIA's Formula One commission agreed to reduce the standard Grand Prix distance from 305 km to 290 km from 2027, cutting races by two or three laps.
- The move aims to ensure drivers finish races without running out of fuel, with the fuel flow rate increasing 5 per cent next season to rebalance combustion and electric power to 58-42.
- McLaren's Lando Norris on Wednesday called the reduction a "good, short-term compromise," while Red Bull's Max Verstappen said shortening distance would be worth it if racing improved.
- Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton, the seven-times world champion, opposed the decision, arguing the sport must remain physically and mentally demanding with drivers performing "right on the edge."
- Fuel flow rates are set to increase another 13 per cent by 2028, which Norris, the 26-year-old, noted could allow the sport to return to longer races once manufacturers provide bigger tanks.
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"We will have the results of this year, but three laps before the end," said the Frenchman Pierre Gasly (Alpine) in statements to the AFP and the sports newspaper L'Équipe. "It could affect, according to the circuits, the number of stops in boxes and favor the strategies to a stop," he said. "For some races that can be long and that wear, like Singapore, will be fine, but for others like Monza it will be too short. It will not change much," said…
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Shorter races a good compromise, says F1 champion Norris
BAKU, Sept 23 : McLaren’s reigning world champion Lando Norris on Wednesday described Formula One’s move to shorten races next year as a good, short-term compromise that would improve the racing action.The governing FIA's Formula One commission on Monday agreed to reduce the standard Grand Prix distance f
1.5 seconds behind Mercedes! While Formula 1 world champion Lando Norris is alarmed after Baku Thursday, McLaren remains calm despite underbody damage and cable tie repair.
The reigning world champion says his 1.5 second gap to Mercedes in practice ahead of the Azerbaijan Formula 1 Grand Prix is "like a knife in the heart" and wonders what McLaren can do to close the gap.
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