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PSk (Psk)
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Username: Psk
Post Number: 295
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 4:54 pm: | |
Andy,
I totally agree qualifying used to extremely exciting. Unfortunately only people who were at the track got to see it.
These new rules have removed racing from the equation and whoever wins this year and in the future will have a slightly hollow victory as they will not necessarily have the fastest car/driver combination but played the game better than the rest. I guess that is what sport is about ... but this starting on the same fuel and settings as qualifying is too much of a joke to take the racing seriously anymore.
It looks like Bernie doesn't like the new qualifying too ... it is dull, because they are not really, really trying like they used to but doing the best they can, while carrying too much fuel and compromised settings.
F1 is supposed to be about racing ... isn't it?
Pete |
Andy Falsetta (Tuttebenne)
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Username: Tuttebenne
Post Number: 3
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 8:35 am: | |
In Malaysia it looked like ole Shumie forgot how to drive BEHIND someone. He hasn't had to do too much of that the past two years or so. It seems like some of the folks on this site like the new single-lap qualifying rule. I hope they go back to the old format quickly. There is nothing as exciting or tension filled like the last twenty minutes of the old qualifying format. With all the top teams on the track at once, and the fastest lap being posted by one driver then another, then another, its more exciting than the race itself. But I too agree that the fuel rule is crazy. If the organizers want more parity among the teams the idea of locking up the cars after qualifying is enough to level the playing field. |
Mitch Alsup (Mitch_alsup)
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Username: Mitch_alsup
Post Number: 420
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 25, 2003 - 6:28 pm: | |
If there is anything positive to say about the new rules:
We actually got to see some passing!
And new strategies vis qualifying vs. race day. |
Drew Altemara (Drewa)
Junior Member
Username: Drewa
Post Number: 124
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Monday, March 24, 2003 - 4:21 pm: | |
At first I must admit I didn't like the new rules. But I do like the "show" during qualifying and am getting use to it. The one rule I still do not like is the fuel rule that requires you to start the race with whatever fuel you have left from qualifying. I think this could become a problem. You can get some of the smaller teams running very light loads to be on the front row. I think this may create problems for the faster teams (F, M, W). It will be interesting to see but I think it will make it more exciting like it was in Malaysia. |
Aaron Williams (Aawil)
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Username: Aawil
Post Number: 101
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Monday, March 24, 2003 - 9:59 am: | |
I'm disliking them more and more.That was a impersonation of a race.It's really more a joke now then it was before.Shumacher did screw himself though. I don't find it more interesting to see slower cars up front.The one lap qual is alright except for the fuel crap.Everybody knows ferrari not going to ruin there race strategy so it allows backmarker teams upfront grid positions.
Had it not been for the Shumacher pile up,Alonso would have never finished 3rd. I guess the Anti-ferrari rules are working. |
Dave Penhale (Dapper)
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Username: Dapper
Post Number: 575
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Monday, March 24, 2003 - 6:35 am: | |
Sorry but the way I saw it it was a Schumacher racing error pure and simple! seems the scrutineers agree as they hauled him in for it too. |
PSk (Psk)
Member
Username: Psk
Post Number: 282
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, March 23, 2003 - 10:51 pm: | |
Contrived is an understatement!
So far we have seen a lucky win by Coulthard, and now a race where both Ferraris were slowed or handicapped by a balls up in the first (or second) corner ... thus NO real race as yet. And people find this more interesting?. I would rather see a straight fight myself.
Ferrari need to get with the new rules, as so far they look like they don't get it, and cannot change their strategy to a successful one if things do not go to plan ... signs of a stale team?
Pete |
Jack (Gilles27)
Member
Username: Gilles27
Post Number: 670
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, March 22, 2003 - 5:55 pm: | |
Now that we've seen the new qualifying format for the second time, what are your likes/dislikes? The single-lap run has grown on me, and I think it provides for a little more tension overall. I'm not a fan of the fuel rule, though. While it shakes up the qualifying order, it has a contrived feel to it. Curious to see how the race plays out, because if all the changes don't carry over to the actual event, then they should be rethought. |