McLaren boss Andreas Seidl says shortening grand prix weekends to two days would be a “positive” move – but not as a lever to introduce more races. Abandonment of both Friday practice sessions at the Eifel Grand Prix because of weather conditions meant that event was limited to two days of track running, albeit the drivers and teams were still in the Nurburgring paddock rather than being off site. But the upshot of what happened in Germany was that many F1 personnel spoke in favour of restricting race weekends to two days, as will be the case for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola on October 31-November 1 seven days after the previous event in Portugal. Seidl, the McLaren team...
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