We notice it all right - blame all the whinging over not enough passing...Quote:
Originally Posted by call_me_andrew
Its not possible for a much slower car to pass a faster car, so that's why they want the qualifying lottery...
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We notice it all right - blame all the whinging over not enough passing...Quote:
Originally Posted by call_me_andrew
Its not possible for a much slower car to pass a faster car, so that's why they want the qualifying lottery...
I could live with them bringing back qualifying tyres, maybe one set per car? Ideally they need to bring three or four different compounds to a race and just give the teams freedom to use whatever, whenever (upto a limit of seven or so new sets). Then do you use super soft tyres to jump up the grid but run the risk of compromising the race, or save the tyres for later in the race once the fuel loads have gone down and overtaking is easier?Quote:
Originally Posted by wedge
Having hard and soft with a compulsory change doesn't leave any room for flexibility really, but I doubt Bridgestone are going to spend millions when they're leaving at the end of the year!
I wouldn't say so, they had qualifying engines too didn't they?Quote:
Originally Posted by wedge
As far as I know qualy tyres were a result of no particular rule which banned them rather than what we have now where rules create artificial situations.
100% with you. I would much prefer the drivers could choose any tyres the wish, let's say compounds A-D (like the good old days) then we'd have some interesting choices. Button sticks it on the second row and runs the hardest compound intending not to stop. Hamilton on pole runs the softest and does 3. Some amazing scraps could result.Quote:
Originally Posted by christophulus
However we don't have that, so with the mess of a rule we currently have forcing a pitstop, the selection of compound on sat could shake things up marginally.
Perhaps FOTA will hear us, remove the compulsory pitstop and we'll have the ideal sytem - unmolested qualifying with a RACE on sundays.
another rule change I jsut found oit.
during SC period, lapped cars may not unlap themselves.
I think this is a sad thing as it decreases the opportunity for competitive racing in the eventuality that the SC car comes out.
And they say they will try to make that period shorter.
I think they need to rework the whole safety car thing
1. allow pits to be open regardless
2. allow cars to unlap themselves
3. make sure cars are properly aligned and leader can't get a jump on the pack (IRL style)
But quali tyres created artificial situations just as say race-fuel-quali did.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
Just because is part of racing evolution and another is ruling - the point is that we need unpredictability going into races.
But do we really? They've been using the unpredictability thing linking the race with qualifying for years now, but has it really improved anything?Quote:
Originally Posted by wedge
Excellent. This was a stupid idea from the start. When the safety car comes out, everyone should hold station and that's it.Quote:
Originally Posted by truefan72
I've never been a fan of refuelling so it has made it a bit more tolerable by giving more incentive to vary the strategy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
You want unpredictability? How about going way back to the 1929 Monaco GP when the grid was decided by a ballot. Now that's unpredictable. Then, let them race away :) Funny, I originally meant this as a joke but now I'm thinking that it might actually work in practice :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by wedge