Little by little, the sport's powers that be are introducing new gimmicks intended - so we are told - to spice up the action and level the playing field. Ahead of next year's great re-set, at present attention is focussed on the Sprint. On the evidence of Silverstone and Monza, the Sprint hasn't been having the impact F1 bosses had hoped for, but it is clear that they intend pressing ahead with the concept. After all, what is the most exciting part of the standard Grand Prix weekend? Other than the final moments of qualifying it is the start of the Grand Prix, for it is at the start and over the course of the lap that follows that there is the most chance of a headline grabbing incident as...
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