Sep.29 (GMM) Esteban Ocon has joined the controversy about Liberty Media’s push to boost System 1 with extra sprints, shorter grands prix and even reverse grids.
The Haas driver, 29, stated he believes the game is already near saturation level.
“I feel we stay in a shopper society the place we more and more need extra present. We wish extra races,” he stated.
Nonetheless, he argues that whereas extra motion could also be commercially useful, there’s additionally a draw back. “After I was younger, I actually regarded ahead to the following race as a result of it might take fairly some time,” stated the Frenchman.
“It was an actual spotlight of my week. Now we race nearly each week, and that features a dash.”
Ocon stated extra races might enhance viewing figures, however they don’t profit the drivers both. “I don’t have an issue with racing extra, per se, however I favor to construct up some anticipation in the direction of the grand prix, as a result of that’s whenever you actually get pleasure from it,” he defined.
As for proposals like reverse grids, the Frenchman was blunt. “It will make System 1 too synthetic,” he stated.
“It has to stay a pure type of racing – the quickest crew has to win, and the strongest crew has to win. A reverse grid – sure, that’s extra showy, however it might be too synthetic.”
