Add to the Show

Here's an idea to spice up the F1 show, give lower end teams a chance to capture a WCC point or two, and give exposure manufacturer products in F1

During each race weekend, on Fridays, there would be a fast lap challenge which all drivers would compete in, the winner of which would earn a point, just one point, for their team in the constructers standings. Each driver would get a single lap to set a time.

The car everyone would compete in would change from race to race with each team having a choice. The only stipulation is that it's a road car. This would give the Ferrari's, MAC's and others a chance to feature their road going cars during the race weekend.

It would allow for drivers to showcase their skills in equal equipment, it would allow manufacturers to showcase their equipment and drive brand recognition/loyalty, & it would allow teams at the very bottom of the grid to have a shot at earning a point. It would force them to hire truly fast, capable drivers.

Finally it would add an element of fun to the weekend that helps the show.

Now, it's not without issue, it's a bit contrived & doesn't fit the "history" of F1, it allows teams to earn WCC points without succeeding with their F1 package, it takes away from the norm.

My response to that is...F1 is always changing, the success of the sport is predicated on drawing an audience, things like this would help regular folks identify with the sport more, finally it helps sell cars, which hopefully helps drive budget into F1.

Alright, kill my idea now, that's what forum's are for.

 

I just think the ability to showcase your road cars would be so appealing to the teams (which most have road cars, others would have a chance to grab additional sponsor money for selecting a car on their weekend). Plus it gives the back end of the grid the chance to grab more of a share of the commercial money by having great drivers.

 

Do you think they'd maybe allow it since each manufacturer would have the chance to have their car showcased? Maybe Vettel would drive the Ferrari since the Infiniti would be the car of the weekend on Red Bulls weekend to choose?

Well at least it was fun dreaming about...would be really cool to see the best drivers competing in the same car across a season, talk about bragging rights in the paddock