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Post by Wß on Apr 2, 2018 20:01:36 GMT
Liberty is exploring the idea of having short qualifying races.Once again, they're fiddling with the one part of the weekend that just right the way it is. They should just have a damned spec race on Saturday after FP3, let the drivers shine. Ea h manufacturer can bring a car of their choice, run them as part of promoting their brand, Honda, Renault, Ferrari, Mercedes. Everyone wins, the fans, the manufacturers and Liberty. Give Alonso something to try and win. 
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Post by racechick on Apr 3, 2018 8:26:51 GMT
I was hopeful when liberty took over. But it’s not looking good. Messing and meddling for no real gain. Altering the F1 logo  Getting rid of grid girls Messing with aero ( to try to stop Mercedes- fail! Mercedes adapted better. Cars just can’t overtake.) Now quali?  STOP MESSING WITH THINGS THAT WORK! Take the wings off, let’s have some fun! |
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Post by Frontrunner on Apr 3, 2018 11:07:42 GMT
As much as I would like to see the chance of the Merc's down the starting grid, this is a terrible idea.
Qualifying races!... can't believe this has been brought up as an idea.
Pole position is awarded on merit to the driver who does the fastest lap time in the Qualifying session since well... forever, why change it.
I wouldn't like to see a midfield or tailend car on pole that is not on merit because of some chaotic Quali race.
Seems like Liberty want to turn F1 into a Lottery like another form of Motorsport in America.
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Post by Hammer on Apr 4, 2018 3:00:38 GMT
How can stuff like this be proposed when Ross Brawn is there? Or is he just in charge of the technical aspect in improving overtaking. Sigh
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Post by racechick on Apr 4, 2018 17:18:35 GMT
I know. My big hope was that Brawn would cut through the crap. Haven’t seen this yet.
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Post by dogued on Apr 5, 2018 3:26:06 GMT
Brawn is in charge of the technical side. The other guy is in charge of the "production" side.
I don't "HATE" the idea totally, qualifying has taken many forms over the years and this certainly works in other series, but there are other options they could look at.
Just off the top of my head: Use the fastest times for each driver from Friday FP1 & FP2 to set a running order, then on Saturday run the cars in the reverse order indy 500 style; each car goes out, does 1 warm up and 2 flying laps, best time is their qualifying lap. Removes lapped traffic and requires consistant runs. Start cars on the type of tyre they ran for qualifying (albeit a new set).
Down side here is changing weather conditions could favour early/late runners and play havoc with the grid (also an up side maybe?)
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Run the "Qualifying Race" idea on the Saturday, with a short one lap shootout for the top 10 finishers to be held Sunday morning to set the grid order.
I get what they are trying to do; liven up the whole weekend and make the overall event more interesting. But this could also be achieved by looking at ensuring multiple support categories across a weekend. The Australian weekend for example is full of support categories and on track action from Thursday - Sunday.
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Post by Wß on Apr 5, 2018 12:55:35 GMT
Canada has a lot of support races as well. Every time I've been there, there's been Cup events, Ferrari, Porsche etc. I think the ire from fans is that they insist on touching the thing least broken.
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Post by dogued on Apr 6, 2018 1:22:16 GMT
Yeah, a few races have great support categories. Helps entertain as well as rubber up the track for the big guys.
To be honest, I'm all about pathways in sports; anyone can follow from entry to the top if they have the talent.
What I'd love to see added to race weekends is the full FIA Global Pathway. Run the local F4 series, the new F3 Championship, and F2 Championship on the same weekends as F1. Give fans the chance to see younger drivers as they move through the ranks. Create connections so that if any of these young drivers move to F1, they have instant fan appeal.
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