Motor racing-F1 moving towards post-season sprint race for rookies


Formula One F1 - Azerbaijan Grand Prix - Baku City Circuit, Baku, Azerbaijan - September 13, 2024 Red Bull team principal Christian Horner before practice REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

BAKU (Reuters) - Formula One teams could replace the regular post-season young driver test in Abu Dhabi with a non-championship 10-car sprint race for rookies.

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner told an FIA news conference at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Friday that he had proposed the idea at recent meetings of the Formula One Commission.

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