New Qualifying proposal from the drivers for 2006

[m7ammed]

read this
this is really an interesting proposal, I kind of like it and the running order is actually taken from final practice which is great

 

[Lee]

Yeah it is a great idea alright.

Also the fact that everyone is on low fuel is much fairer too and will make racing mu better in my view.

 

[m7ammed]

the really good thing is the practice running order instead of the last grand prix , as sometimes you don't have a fast car on a track but you have it on another , so it would help to get a good position on the starting grids for cars that are good on that track

 

[Blake]

Dunno how they plan to fit that into an hour but oh well. Anyway, the idea of running order based on final practice has been bounced around all season, but it really is a good idea.

Pity the teams wanted qualifying sorted out over a month ago.

Blake

 

[Young_Warrior]

Good idea I ike it.

 

[m7ammed]

maybe the will lose the 5 min break between each 5 cars but I don't think they would do that beacuse of commircial breaks,or maybe make the session 80-90 mins I don't see any problem in doing that , I have no problem watching

 

[Blake]

No but ITV probably has a problem broadcasting another 30 minutes of F1.

Blake

 

[m7ammed]

its better than brodcasting it for 2 hours on 2 days. and they could get more commircial breaks in so more money for them if thats the way it works. I hope they work some thing out because this is by far the best format I've seen in the last 2 -3 years

 

[Lee]

No but ITV probably has a problem broadcasting another 30 minutes of F1.

Blake

Hmmmmm staurday afternoon, what else are ITV gonna put on? Its the only reason why i watch ITV

 

[MagpieRacer]

i dont understand how ITV manages to show Football matches with no ad breaks during play, but in F1 there is, its crap.

 

[Lee]

i dont understand how ITV manages to show Football matches with no ad breaks during play, but in F1 there is, its crap.

Quite simply Football is more popular than F1, and to ITV its all about the number of audiences against the BBC, F1 was much better on BBC1 in the 90's. No breaks at all.

 

[Matrixhasu77]

I've wanted to see the current qualifying format on low fuel for a while now. It's rather pointless to run on full race fuel since it obviously results in higher lap times. I hope this change makes it through.

 

[Talentless]

I heard Bob Varsha criticising this, and I think he has a point. The qualifying runs on low fuel will not be indicative of how the cars will run in the race. These cars are not balanced. What the driver's low fuel qualifying will do at best is give some low level cars a few places higher in the grid. Depending on the points that can be had from that, that might not be worth much beyond exposure. Cetainly, it will make no difference for some cars, and some of those that it makes a difference for are likely to be passed within the first 10 laps or at their first pit stop. And that, I would think, can get to a driver.

 

[Lee]

I heard Bob Varsha criticising this, and I think he has a point. The qualifying runs on low fuel will not be indicative of how the cars will run in the race. These cars are not balanced. What the driver's low fuel qualifying will do at best is give some low level cars a few places higher in the grid. Depending on the points that can be had from that, that might not be worth much beyond exposure. Cetainly, it will make no difference for some cars, and some of those that it makes a difference for are likely to be passed within the first 10 laps or at their first pit stop. And that, I would think, can get to a driver.

Never thought of that....

 

[Brock5000]

I've got to say I really do miss the old days of low fuel and sticky tyres for qualifying. From a spectator's point of view it was awesome to see them ripping around the tracks at 110%.
They'd lap a number of seconds faster in qualifying than they did during the race, but remember how exciting it was when sometimes a driver was pressing so hard in the closing stages of a race that they'd get close to or even beat the poll time!

 

[Lee]

I've got to say I really do miss the old days of low fuel and sticky tyres for qualifying. From a spectator's point of view it was awesome to see them ripping around the tracks at 110%.
They'd lap a number of seconds faster in qualifying than they did during the race, but remember how exciting it was when sometimes a driver was pressing so hard in the closing stages of a race that they'd get close to or even beat the poll time!

You mean the 12 lap qualifying structure??

I think everyone liked that except the corprate sponsors of the little teams like Minardi and Jordan since they wouldn't get much showing at all.

And sticky tyres?? think they are called slicks mate.

 

[Blake]

No, I think he means softer compund tyres ... that is what the term 'sticky' refers to.

Blake

 

[Lee]

No, I think he means softer compund tyres ... that is what the term 'sticky' refers to.

Blake

Oh right my bad cheers for the correction

 

[usernamed]

I've got to say I really do miss the old days of low fuel and sticky tyres for qualifying. From a spectator's point of view it was awesome to see them ripping around the tracks at 110%.
They'd lap a number of seconds faster in qualifying than they did during the race, but remember how exciting it was when sometimes a driver was pressing so hard in the closing stages of a race that they'd get close to or even beat the poll time!

When the first car came out after 40 mins of waiting? hm. I enjoy more the current system.

 

[Mclaren_Man]

That is why they need to look into these new rules that say that the session is split up into 4 15 minute sessions, which will mean more action on the track and the most you will have to wait will be maybe 10 minutes for the faster cars to come out.

 

[Blake]

When the first car came out after 40 mins of waiting? hm. I enjoy more the current system.

IIRC a driver would have to set 6 of his 12 laps in the first 30 minutes.

Blake

 

[KaiZen]

I want to see qualifying fuel back too.. maybe a qualifying system like in v8supercars where the top 10 qualifiers do a hot lap shootout..