Brawn nervous about sprint race: "Have put a lot of work into it"

Next weekend will be an exciting one for Ross Brawn and F1. At Silverstone there will be driven a modified program for the first time. On Saturday there will be a sprint race instead of a normal qualifying session. The usual qualifying will be held on Friday. The third free practice will disappear.

The F1 boss himself doesn't quite know what to expect. This he tells to Channel 4. "I'm nervous, but that's normal. I think we've put a lot of work into organising sprint qualifying, so I think there's a good chance of success. We need to get the fans involved and make sure we have a race that really fascinates them. I think that will work, but we won't know until we get there."

Because that would mean it could be introduced permanently from next year. That's what the Brit is hoping for.

Next weekend we'll see what the modified schedule does for the entertainment of an F1 weekend and whether F1's plan has a chance of succeeding.