Williams boss calls for F1 grid shake-up

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Head wants to see more overtaking in F1 and has proposed the fastest cars starting from the back of the grid and the slowest from the front.

On its Head: Williams co-owner has proposed the fastest cars starting from the back of the grid and the slowest from the front

Head believes that if the championship's leading cars were made to start from the back it would lead to more interesting racing.

"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."

Head believes the current system, with the quickest cars in qualifying starting from the front of the grid, means there is less chance of overtaking.

He said: "I still have to ask the question that 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 by virtue of his own or his car speed he is 0.3 seconds slower than the car in front, why should he overtake [it]?"

But Head is also aware of the pitfalls of his suggestion, such as which car would start at the front of the grid for the first race of the season.

"[There would be the question of] how you would deal with it at the first race.

"And the fastest drivers might say: 'Well, overtaking is a risk and it puts us more at risk than the guys who don't have to do that'.

"I'm sure people would complain about it."