http://blogf1.co.uk/2006/08/05/qualifying-opinions/ Your Regular Blog and Guide to Formula One Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:58:17 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blogf1.co.uk/2006/08/05/qualifying-opinions/comment-page-1/#comment-502 Vinci Sat, 05 Aug 2006 15:30:14 +0000 http://www.blogf1.co.uk/2006/08/05/qualifying-opinions/#comment-502 Personally, I don't like this format. It seems to me a little bit "immoral", in these days, to have cars running just to "burn fuel" and get lighter, for example. Also, knock-out format is not particularly easy to follow, as there are always too much cars on track to understand what's going on without timing monitors. On the other side, one lap format was good, as you could follow all the drivers, but had the problem that conditions could change from time to time, leaving no chance to the driver to choose the right moment to go on the track. I don't know if there is really a solution to that, the old format brought us to seeing 30 minutes of empty track, so that's not the real solution too... Personally, I don’t like this format. It seems to me a little bit “immoral”, in these days, to have cars running just to “burn fuel” and get lighter, for example. Also, knock-out format is not particularly easy to follow, as there are always too much cars on track to understand what’s going on without timing monitors.
On the other side, one lap format was good, as you could follow all the drivers, but had the problem that conditions could change from time to time, leaving no chance to the driver to choose the right moment to go on the track.
I don’t know if there is really a solution to that, the old format brought us to seeing 30 minutes of empty track, so that’s not the real solution too…

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