If they want to block they will use the leeway time to go through the corners slowly and hang about the apex.

I can see the stewards meetings now.
You blocked driver B on you in lap.
My in lap was 111% of my fastest lap so I was travelling faster than I needed to.

The only thing that makes sense is to go back to fuel out qualifying which is what we had before Punch and Judy started messing with it. Pole positions should mean something. They should not be randomly accumulated based on fuel load and other factors.

Think back to when Senna was getting ready to go out for a late lap. You knew if he got pole it was because he was the best driver/car combination. You didn’t need to wait to see when he pitted on a Sunday to find out if it was a good lap and you didn’t need to wait to Monday for the fuel corrected figures so that you could find out who really deserved pole.

There is way too much unnecessary complication in F1 rules and the last thing we need is any more. I can just picture Kimi getting pole and the commentators spending the next minute and a half praising it only to discover he is a second and a half too slow on his in lap.

The other option for a blocker of course is to do what the McLarens did and then park the car. Are we going to penalise everyone whose car breaks down on an in lap or are we going to further complicate things by taking %ages of sector times?

If you are going to discuss these ideas you have to consider the consequences. Many ideas sound good and sensible on first hearing but you have to look at all possible angles.

Haha!

This aura surrounding the top teams needs to be eroded - Louise Goodman or Ted Kravitz could both quite have easily questionned their Mclaren interviewees on their actions in the closing stages of Q3, but instead decided to analyse stereotypical, predictable events alongside forthcoming desirable race outcomes instead.

Louise: So, how do you want to do in the race?
Lewis: Quite well, actually.

*End interview*

Let’s see some more intensive and honest questionning, please.

I propose a % in-lap time for each driver (e.g. if Felipe Massa runs a 1:35:00 he should be required, if running an in-lap, to reach the pit lane within 115% of that time).

But this race-fuel system has now been shown to actually cause unnecessary danger to other drivers as well as adding an extra complexity to the proceedings that isn’t needed.