Jean Todt says he will not block Formula 1 from adopting a controversial ‘reverse grid’ format in 2021. “To be honest, I don’t like it,” FIA president Todt agreed, according to the Russian source sports.ru. Todt, however, thinks a better idea would be a 30-minute sprint race on Saturday, which would replace qualifying and determine the grid for Sunday’s GP. “You don’t know this, but I was a big opponent of the reverse grid in Formula 3 and Formula 2. Another good idea, Todt explains, is Formula E’s ‘super pole shootout’ concept, in which the top five drivers take to the circuit one by one at the end of the session.

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