F1 is currently in talks to expand the sprint race calendar from 2027 onwards, growing from the current six rounds to potentially as many as 12.
If that full increase is adopted, it will see the proportion of sprint events on the schedule swell from a quarter to a half. However, that is not the most contentious point that F1 is investigating.
The championship plans to engage its teams and drivers, and the FIA, in further talks and implementing reserve grids for sprint races will be one item on the agenda.
It is a divisive suggestion and not a proposal that everyone will get behind. They are commonplace in junior categories, including in the F1 support series, but would be a considerable departure from the norm in the championship itself.
Both F2 and FIA F3 use partial reverse grids for their shorter races, but the idea has never previously gained sufficient traction in F1.
It remains to be seen if things will be different this time around, but it is sure to be a considerable point of friction over the coming months.
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