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F1 Q&A: Madring's Overtaking Problem, Virtual Safety Car Operation and Will There Be Any Rookies in 2027?

FIA and Formula 1 are reviewing the circuit after a virtual safety car and tyre miscalculation helped decide a race with little passing, officials said.

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BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions after the Spanish Grand Prix.

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Formula 1 unveiled a new track on Sunday. The race was even worse than feared

The Spanish Grand Prix put fans and drivers to sleep, with F1’s newest track having the same overtaking difficulties as Monaco, without the million-dollar views.

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Madring needed an impeccable first race and did not have it. Formula 1 returned to Madrid 45 years later between huge expectations, an institutional campaign difficult to ignore and the promise to turn the capital into one of the great showcases of the championship. The sports result, however, was much less brilliant. There were few advances, long phases without direct battle and a general feeling that the layout needs changes before the F1 re-i…

The majority of Formula 1 drivers criticized the track in Madrid, where the first race in the history of the competition was held yesterday. That is why the organizers of the Spanish Grand Prix are thinking about changing the configuration of the track, writes the Guardian.

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