Head in favour of reverse grids

Head reckons that if the fastest drivers started the races from the back of the grid, the spectacle would be a lot better.

"I would like to see the grids in reverse order of championship position," Head told BBC Sport. "It's the same for everybody, and over a whole season the right guy would still win the championship.

"If you allow the guys to do all this practice and testing and then you line them up with the fastest at the front and the slowest at the back, why should there be any overtaking?

"Maybe overtaking will be less difficult, but if a guy is back there because he is 0.3 seconds slower than the car in front, why should he overtake [it]?"

Head is convinced the idea would face opposition, but he feels the sport is in need of something like that in order to see more overtaking, currently lacking in Formula One.

"I'm sure people would complain," he said. "But I do come across a lot of people who say they like watching motorbikes [more] and I have to say I'm a little bit in that camp because there isn't a lot of overtaking in Formula One.

"What's really boring is if there's a car that is genuinely faster sitting on the tail of the car in front and his race is destroyed.

"We've had some races at Monaco where people have been held up for 30 or 40 laps when they've been a second or two faster than the car in front, and I think that's a pity."