Christian Horner instructed an FIA information convention on the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Friday that he’s in favour of changing the common post-season younger driver check in Abu Dhabi with a non-championship 10-car dash race for rookies.

The Purple Bull crew boss stated that he had proposed the thought at latest conferences of the Formulation 1 Fee.

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The final grand prix of the season is at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina on Dec. 8.

Horner stated it might be a incredible alternative to do one thing extra significant than “simply operating round burning gas and tyres and solely the groups which can be operating these drivers understanding whether or not they’re doing a very good job or not.”

The dash format, with qualifying and a 100km race on the identical day, would give probably 10 drivers the possibility to compete towards one another with out groups worrying about harm to their vehicles.

“I feel it will be a very well-liked occasion,” Horner stated.

Haas boss Ayao Komatsu, who has 19-year-old British rookie Oliver Bearman in his race line-up subsequent yr, was one other in favour.

“I feel it is nice. You recognize, the post-season check, if we do not do issues like that, you’re simply doing the tyre check. So I feel it provides worth to the day and makes it extra thrilling and one other alternative to place younger drivers within the automotive,” he stated.

“Today, it is such a uncommon alternative for younger drivers to get within the present Formulation 1 automotive. So I feel it is actually an attention-grabbing transfer.”

Sauber consultant Alessandro Alunni Bravi, whose crew have the only real remaining emptiness for 2025, stated it was vital to offer extra alternatives.

“Additionally for us, not having a TPC [Testing of Previous Cars] programme, it is an extra alternative to have extra information and to evaluate not simply the efficiency itself, additionally the mindset and the strategy of the rookie driver.”

Horner stated there was a transparent will to make the change this season, even when there have been logistical challenges and different points resembling tv protection to be resolved.

“Clearly that places strain on the Sporting Working Teams and the varied crew managers to work with the FIA to give you a set of rules. However I feel primarily adopting Dash regs and so forth, it is eminently doable,” he added.

“It does not should be over sophisticated. I feel it is simply going to be a single automotive from every crew slightly than two vehicles.

“And, successfully, you are simply utilizing the mileage otherwise… So I feel the occasion will happen all in someday. So a qualifying after which the equal of a dash race.”