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5th April 2016, 06:23 #41
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Qualifying can either be a way of finding out who is the quickest and rewarding them with a start at the front or it can be a way of starting a race in such a way as to garner the most 'entertainment'. The decision makers seem to want to do both at the same time and, in my view at least, it doesn't work.
If you want 'entertaining' races why not start each race in reverse championship order? It's clean, easy to understand and can't be 'gamed' by the teams. It makes a mockery of everything the sport stands for and the value of a grand prix win is effectively meaningless but at least the masses will be 'entertained' watching the front runners make their way through the field each race.Forza Ferrari!!
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5th April 2016, 17:17 #42"Every generation's memory is exactly as long as its own experience." --John Kenneth Galbraith
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7th April 2016, 17:08 #43
Well, here we go. Qualifying format will be reverted to last year's format, starting at the Chinese GP.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report...ack-from-china...Funny how ev'rything was roses when we held on to the guns...
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7th April 2016, 17:44 #44
We've heard that before
You're so beige, you probably think this signature is about someone else.
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7th April 2016, 20:14 #45
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8th April 2016, 10:17 #46
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8th April 2016, 14:33 #47
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"Lost in Space" response from our Bernie , saying that nobody understood at all that they were trying to "muddle up" the grid .
We all understood very well , simply because they never avoided any remote opportunity to tell us exactly that when being asked why such a stupid set of rules was being considered .
Really curious , when he could have characterized it as being a case of "listening to the fans" , which would , at the same time , demean the teams , showing them as unimportant in the process .
It seems strange to see such a missed dig .
I did see , though , that he had the teams agree to revamping the whole shootin' match for next year , so , this nightmare may not actually be over .
And , who knows , it could have all been designed to display the teams as a cartel , as we know the European Commission looms possible in the near future .
The whole change the qualifying idea was so stupid that it had me looking off to the side to see the man behind the curtain .
Maybe there's a bigger picture here .
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16th April 2016, 11:03 #48
I got bored again.
Qualifying with fuel minimums of one kilo per championship point (0.03 seconds per lap per kilo handicap).
After Handicap New Grid Change 1 Nico Rosberg 1:35.402 1:36.902 7 -6 2 Daniel Ricciardo 1:35.917 1:36.637 4 -2 3 Kimi Räikkönen 1:35.972 1:36.512 2 +1 4 Sebastian Vettel 1:36.246 1:36.696 5 -1 5 Valtteri Bottas 1:36.296 1:36.476 1 +5 6 Daniil Kvyat 1:36.399 1:36.579 3 +3 7 Sergio Perez 1:36.865 1:36.865 6 +1 8 Carlos Sainz 1:36.881 1:36.941 8 9 Max Verstappen 1:37.194 1:37.464 9 10 Nico Hulkenberg 1:37.333 1:37.513 10 11 Felipe Massa 1:37.347 1:37.767 11 12 Fernando Alonso 1:38.826 1:38.826 12 13 Jenson Button 1:39.093 1:39.093 13 14 Romain Grosjean 1:39.830 1:40.370 14
Bottas pole!!!
After 2 races, handicapping is working to mix up the top of the order. The cream will rise to the top in the race we would expect.
As the season progresses, a fuel weight handicap should begin to have an affect further down the order.
I'm thinking that Hamilton will finish on the podium tomorrow. I still have a feeling that mixing up qualifying is about creating gambling markets.
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17th April 2016, 20:02 #49
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Beginning to think it doesn't matter what qualifying system they use if they're all going to crash into each other at the first corner - not an ideal way of shuffling the pack, but it seems to work
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18th April 2016, 18:16 #50
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