Formula One Fresh idea from Liberty Media

Change is afoot in Formula One with three drivers lining up on the front row of the grid according to reports of Liberty Media's latest plans.

Currently cars qualify two-by-two but new proposals are said to revolve around an alternating three-two-three-two pattern.

As reported by Bild, the new grid is planned to create a bigger funnel of activity as the pack enters the first turn.

MARCA understand that Formula One Group, which Liberty recently acquired from Bernie Ecclestone, are ready to implement the changes however opposition is coming their way from the teams, who foresee a greater risk of crashes and injuries by the new layout.

Certainly, narrower tracks such as Canada and Monaco would make it very difficult if not impossible to place three cars alongside eachother from the start.

And yet these tracks and their compromises appear to be the exception to the incoming rule as Liberty make their mark and shake up F1, with the US Grand Prix in Austin a sign of what is to come.