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Post by Del Boy on Feb 19, 2016 22:21:20 GMT
Good photos lads. The new Ferrari livery looks very tidy indeed.
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Post by Windy Miller on Feb 24, 2016 12:17:07 GMT
2016 Qualifying. What do you guys think about the proposal for elimination qualifying in 2016 ? For those not aware, here's what is proposed :- Q1 -16 minutes duration; - After 7 minutes, the slowest driver is eliminated; - Slowest driver eliminated every 1 minute 30 seconds thereafter until the chequered flag; - 7 drivers eliminated, 15 progress to Q2. Q2 - 15 minutes duration; - After 6 minutes, slowest driver eliminated; - Slowest driver eliminated every 1 minute 30 seconds thereafter until the chequered flag; - 7 drivers eliminated, 8 progress to Q3. Q3 - 14 minutes; - After 5 minutes, slowest driver eliminated; - Slowest driver eliminated every 1 minute 30 seconds thereafter until the chequered flag; - 2 drivers left in final 1 minute 30 seconds I thought the way qualifying was being done at the moment was the best we've ever had. If it's not broken, I don't see the need to change it. This just seems a confusing gimmick. I really like the flying lap concept to get to pole position. Surely the big problem in F1 is the aerodynamics of a car which are preventing close nose to tail racing. Why can't that be addressed ? link
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Post by Steve Austin on Feb 24, 2016 14:03:23 GMT
2016 Qualifying. What do you guys think about the proposal for elimination qualifying in 2016 ? For those not aware, here's what is proposed :- Q1 -16 minutes duration; - After 7 minutes, the slowest driver is eliminated; - Slowest driver eliminated every 1 minute 30 seconds thereafter until the chequered flag; - 7 drivers eliminated, 15 progress to Q2. Q2 - 15 minutes duration; - After 6 minutes, slowest driver eliminated; - Slowest driver eliminated every 1 minute 30 seconds thereafter until the chequered flag; - 7 drivers eliminated, 8 progress to Q3. Q3 - 14 minutes; - After 5 minutes, slowest driver eliminated; - Slowest driver eliminated every 1 minute 30 seconds thereafter until the chequered flag; - 2 drivers left in final 1 minute 30 seconds I thought the way qualifying was being done at the moment was the best we've ever had. If it's not broken, I don't see the need to change it. This just seems a confusing gimmick. I really like the flying lap concept to get to pole position. Surely the big problem in F1 is the aerodynamics of a car which are preventing close nose to tail racing. Why can't that be addressed ? linkAgreed Windy, the current format works well and I cannot see what the new format will bring. The slowest drivers will still be eliminated. As you rightly point out, it's the actual raceday that needs fixing, not qualifying.
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Post by Dirty Epic on Feb 25, 2016 12:04:10 GMT
Agreed Steve/Windy. Current F1 qualifying is the one and only thing which is working in the current set up and it's much better this way than what they are proposing. I'm all for a token point or so for pole position, fastest lap and the most laps led but not this. Also why don't they have a F1 meeting with two short races and the top 10 results from race 1 could reverse the grid for race 2 like in the BTCC. A much better idea than what's on offer here and could liven the dull races/dull location races too.
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Post by Del Boy on Feb 25, 2016 14:53:05 GMT
I remember when the current set up for Quali was proposed, people were up in arms about the changes. Right from the off the current format improved qualifying, an event which tv channels didn't always bother screening.
I say give the new format a chance it might be better viewing.
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Post by Gene Hunt on Mar 4, 2016 19:36:37 GMT
According to the Sky F1 site, the new qualifying scheme will be in place for the first race in Oz.
Ferrari have been trialling the halo device in testing as F1 works towards the use of such a device in the 2017 season. This has been met by different reactions from the drivers. Vettel is in the "for" camp, saying that it has to be the correct decision if it saves lives, while Lewis Hamilton has said if one were fitted to his car, he would personally remove it - claiming it to be "The worst looking modification in F1 history".
Both Hamilton and Alonso have also expressed dissatisfaction with the direction F1 is taking. Alonso saying that he is saddened by F1 and the increasingly difficult to follow rule changes. He went on to say that people want big cars, big tyres and big noise, and that it is understandable that fans switch off when a driver is leading a race on his own merits only to be forced to stop near the end to fit a mandatory tyre.
2 weeks to the start.
Gene.
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Post by Steve Austin on Mar 4, 2016 20:59:15 GMT
I agree wholeheartedly with Lewis & Fernando. That halo is surely a hazard in itself. It must impair vision. This whole qualifying thing is just bonkers, it's the racing we want to see improve, not qualifying and I hope that the talk of reversing the grid is just that - talk. That would make it more dangerous as the quicker drivers would take more risks trying to overtake the slower ones who are at the front not because of skill/speed but a lottery.
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Post by Windy Miller on Mar 5, 2016 12:38:45 GMT
What I'll miss is the qualifying flying lap, where a driver puts on fresh tyres and nails a pole position. With the new format, the cars will have been going round and round the track for a few laps before the final two car sprint. We won't see the flying lap on worn tyres. I agree with Steve that it's close racing we want to see. We don't need Elimination qualifying, DRS, and degrading tyres that artificially change things to make the racing more exciting.
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Post by Batgirl on Mar 6, 2016 10:46:09 GMT
I'm not keen on the new qualifying system idea. With the halo device I'd like to hear from drivers if it does actually impede their view. If it is just an unattractive modification as Hamilton says, if it has the capacity to save a life in an accident then I think trialling it is a good idea. Two weeks until the start of the Aussie GP. Can't wait !!!
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Post by Windy Miller on Mar 6, 2016 11:54:02 GMT
I'm not keen on the new qualifying system idea. With the halo device I'd like to hear from drivers if it does actually impede their view. If it is just an unattractive modification as Hamilton says, if it has the capacity to save a life in an accident then I think trialling it is a good idea. Two weeks until the start of the Aussie GP. Can't wait !!! Mr Miller, in "Sharper than a thorn' mode, cynically thinks Ferrari have designed the most ugliest Halo, to make sure everyone says "Oh No, Not that". Why not a simple wrap round windscreen type thing that's strengthened to withstand the force of whatever is coming it's way. If removal of a tear-of windscreen cover requires a pit stop, then that's ok - we already have artificial pit stops, and had it when refueling was required. I can't wait for it all to start in two weeks time, especially after seeing the pictures back from the Barcelona test days.
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