Quote Originally Posted by 240RS View Post
By now, I would have imagined one or two drivers would have adopted a measured strategy on Friday/Saturday, preserving softs, for example, then going on a full Sunday attack! Targeting, for instance, 10-12 pts on Saturday before going for a full complement on Sunday.

Or a driver with a road disadvantage on the first proper day settling for a limited risk Friday, hoping to pick places from those retiring or dropping down the order through problems, with an eye on a big Saturday push when a better road position allows.

Obviously this may go against their natural instincts, but with the current points system not favouring outright winners it may be only a matter of time before we see someone in the title hunt without a single win.
Now I see your thinking.
On the road position issue you can't go too slowly on the Friday in case there are no retirements & you finish up with a bad road position on Saturday. Same for your pace on Saturday, if you've saved two sets of good tyres for Sunday but you still have a bad road position on Sunday they might not give you the places you need. It will be interesting to see on gravel events with less cleaning, or wet weather that reduces the cleaning effect, whether anyone adopts your tactics as that may be better than roads with a big cleaning effect.