Personally I just hate the format for the qualifying on Friday as I usually don’t get to watch as I’m at work. Also when I’ve been to Silverstone the Friday was a nice chill day just walking round see some of the cars with it not being too busy. With the sprint Friday is a lot busier and just not so chill.
Also, I think the sprint races have just highlighted the really bad tracks for racing. Like you’re not going to make Monaco more exiting having an extra shorter race where no one can overtake.
I think I’d rather see teams have enough time to get the best setup they can to allow the drivers to race the best they can.
I usually miss qualifying on Friday as well. Then it snowballs throughout the weekend trying to fit everything in. In the end I just give up and watch highlights after the race because I haven’t invested any time yet to want to watch the race.
It’s gone from watching an hour on sat and ~2 hours on Sunday. To 1 hour Friday, few hours sat and a couple hours Sunday. I just don’t have that much free time to give up.
I agree, I really do. At the same time I do like the extra action on sprint weekends. I certainly care more if I miss a sprint session as compared to a free practice session.
I don’t like how setups can be compromised by lack of practice, though. Tracks are very different and finding a good setup is not always quick and easy.
