The Azerbaijan Grand Prix was dominated by talk over the new sprint timetable and debate about whether or not it risked taking attention away from the main race on Sunday.
However, a lack of action in the grand prix itself has highlighted that the current generation of cars are not delivering the kind of spectacle hoped for when new rules were introduced from 2022.
Wolff believed that Baku’s lack of excitement was enough for F1 and the teams to consider looking into what elements were not working with the current rules.
“Today wasn’t a thriller,” said Wolff after the Baku race. “Just no overtaking, even with a big pace difference. It made it not great entertainment.
“We have to analyse the weekend with the sprint format, where there are positives that we can take out, but in the end it all comes down to racing.
“It needs the tough battles, and I think the highlight yesterday [in the sprint] was George [Russell] and Max [Verstappen] being able to battle it out. There was none of that today.
“Even if you are within 0.2 of a second, it is very difficult to overtake, nearly impossible to overtake, unless the other driver makes a mistake.
“We need to really look at it and how we can avoid a boring race.”
Source: Autosport