Leclerc advocates races in opposite directions: "Would be very cool."

Suart Pringle, circuit director at Silverstone, came up with the idea earlier this month of running a second race at Silverstone in opposite direction. A plan intended to make a possible second F1 race on the same circuit more interesting for both drivers and fans.

Due to the corona crisis it is very likely that more than one race will take place on a number of circuits this season. This is meant as a way to replace cancelled races, leaving a full championship. Racing in opposite direction could be a possibility, as it would introduce more variety. 

Charles Leclerc is in any case very pleased with this idea: “That will be very, very cool, that will be good. I think we’ll all rediscover the track and it will probably be very different also car-wise. So this will be an interesting idea. I think we’ll definitely have to re-learn the track completely from from scratch", the Ferrari driver said in a press conference this week.

Everyone starts from scratch

''I’ve done this in karting too, to do one track in one way and then do it the other way. And from my experience, you are just rediscovering another track and it’s definitely like you will race on a new track. So it will make things exciting because the drivers with experience maybe will have a bit less knowledge about this track and everyone will start on a more par level.”

However, it remains to be seen how many circuits are actually suitable for this. Particularly with regard to safety, major problems are anticipated on some circuits. At the wide Silverstone there are possibilities, but the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona has already indicated that this is not an option for their track.