Changes to V8 SC Good or Bad?

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Are the changes for 2009 good for V8 Supercars?

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The V8 SC have a lot of changes this year, but perhaps most influential is the softer compound tyres which for some rounds you can use one set of during the weekend, and a second qualifying session between race 1 and 2 to determine grid for race 2. Now that we've seen both, do you really think the changes were a smart idea? Feel free to give reasons.

I don't think they are. The second qualifying session is too short and almost random and negates any hard work early in the weekend, while the soft compound tyres are only asking for accidents as one driver with them hassles and gets impatient with a driver without them.
 
I have to agree with you on both counts. I love the two race format, I was never a fan of the 3 sprint race rounds, but I hate the idea of each race being a single round of its own. As for the tyres, I like the two compound idea but I think the difference in speed between each compound is far too large, unlike in F1 which is just about right.
 
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I didnt watch todays race, however, in principle im a fan of the two tyre compounds - it gives the guys a chance that sometimes keep getting stuck down the back, in essence it could at times gives the whole race a shake up!
Not a fan of the in between race qualifying though, it should stay as the last race finishes. Otherwise it is like having multiple rounds at the one track, there is a slight incentive to let other drivers bash each other silly in the first race, then in the second race qualify well, maybe chuck on the new stickier tyre and take a good haul of points in the second. Just my thoughts
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Otherwise it is like having multiple rounds at the one track
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That's actually what they're going for. Each round is pretty much using the format which has been used at the Clipsal 500 for years now.
 
I like the optional tyre rule. I like the speed differences between the cars because we get to see overtaking on the track, not just in the pits. And how many different strategies were there today at Winton!? Drivers pitting on the first lap, mid-race and towards the end. Some drivers starting on soft tyres and then changing to hard, some hard then soft, and some only the soft tyre all race.

As these two-race meets are now counted as two separate rounds I agree with a second qualifying session, as long as it is an identical format to the first qual session.
 
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As these two-race meets are now counted as two separate rounds I agree with a second qualifying session, as long as it is an identical format to the first qual session.
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I'm fairly certain with will be an identical setup; I think the twenty-minute all-in session before the second race at Hamilton was a last-minute response to the dislike of the one-qualifying-session-for-two-races format and they were able to budget a little bit more time for an extended qualifying session once the championship moved on.
 
I was busy early afternoon and missed the qualifying. Was the format the same as for the first race's qualifying?

After watching the race I've decided I definitely like the two different compound tyres. 99% of the problems are not due to differences in speed but are instead due to bad driving.
 
Qualifying wasn't broadcast. The race started at one and finished at three.
 
Qualifying was broadcast here in Adelaide and no, they didn't use the same qualifying format as Saturday.

I think I might warm up to the tyre compounds after we see some racing at a circuit which is better for overtaking in general. The two compounds worked out a whole lot better in race two, except for whatever Perkins was up to.
 
Like I said, I think a lot of the unpredictability over the tyres was a product of the teams being uncertain of exactly what they could do. Now that they know, the races are a likely to be less of an all-in the way these last two were.
 
I like the new tyre, but I think it should have slightly less speed on the control. I don't mind the second qualifying, but I think it should be 30 mins instead of 20. Don't like the new "events". I think it should be rounds as in previous years. The new fuel and the compulsory fuel stop seems to be working fine too.
 
Don't forget guys that they have also reduced the size of the fuel tanks from 120 litres down to 100 litres, making fuel strategy and economy more important than previous years.

Needless to say, the changes haven't hurt 888 racing, just Lowndes won this weekend instead of Whincup.
 
So far the majority like the changes. Looks like I have some getting used to to do of the changes.
 
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