Domenicali wants to introduce the Grand Slam in F1. What is it – Corriere.it

Formula 1 is always an open building site. Directing the works is Stefano Domenicali, the former Ferrari now at the head of the circus in a nice interview with Motorsport.com by Roberto Chinchero unveiled the latest proposal. Introducing the concept of «Grand Slam» in the top racing category. It will be different from tennis, where those who win the four major tournaments in the same year succeed: Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Us Open.

Domenicali himself explains how it would work in F1: «In 2024 we will have six Sprint weekends (like this year, here the 2024 calendar ed), but they will be announced in September because we still have a meeting of the F1 Commission scheduled for the Belgian GP. There is a proposal that I would like to make, in line with the concept of the Grand Slam: a driver who should win the two poles and the two races over the weekend will have to be given something more, which well represents the company sportswoman who did”.

A trophy like this would have been won by Max Verstappen who took it all during the Austrian GP by setting the best time in the shoot-out qualifying, the pole of the GP, winning the Sprint Race and the full distance race on Sunday. Domenicali then commented on the dominance of Red Bull and the Dutchman: «You have to take your hat off to what he’s doing. I won’t deny that I’d like to see a championship like the one in 2021 fought in the last race. But at the same time it’s important to have riders who define an era, points of reference. In tennis, for example, we still talk about athletes who quit some time ago».

Finally, the top manager from Imola is in no hurry to expand the number of participating teams, despite the candidacies of several teams including that of Andretti supported by General Motors: «There is an ongoing process by the FIA ​​and will soon share some the contents. I have long maintained that the assessment must be made starting from the fact that today we have ten teams that are of great value. Net of potential exceptional cases of new teams capable of bringing great added value to Formula 1, I believe that the current platform made up of ten teams will also be fine in the long term”.