Is Bernie on crack, he wants to change the Qualifying, again!

Whatever they do, just do it all before Sunday, this q2 immediately before the race is the worst idea ever. I agree constant rule changes make a folly out of the show, but in this case it's necessary.

 

OK, it does effect the grid position, but nobody knows on Saturday who has pole. The 'real' qualifying is not broadcast live in most countries. The Saturday qualifying is shown, but as it doesn't mean as much less people watch it.

Hmmm. I'm actually in favour of the fastest car and driver starting at the front. I'd like to see them qualify on sticky tyres and light fuel.
The more important thing that needs fixing is that the cars need to be able to still grip the road when they get close to the guy in front so we can actually see more real passing on the track. This is why I think they should scrap refuelling, but allow tyre changes.

 

I think keeping it simple is the ticket. Forget all this two part single lap BS and go back to the way it was.

 

I agree with BRETM,return to the former one hour format.
It gives the teams the ability to time their runs so that they may try when there is a lot of rubber or when a fast guy is out and can give a tow. Let the teams finesse their cars after qualifying, add fuel reduce wing. Bring back some mystery to the process.
Winston

 

It should return to how it was a few years ago. I was fun to watch, and everybody seemed to like it except for Schumy haters. Now its just a damn lottery with no real purpose other then to make it look nice for those who know little about F1.

 

The problem is that qualifying no longer really means "qualifying". You can run thirty minutes behind the leader and still "qualify". Twenty cars are "qualified" whether they turn a wheel before the race or not. They might as well just be placed on the grid according to the money they give to Bernie.

The Concorde Agreement must go. Then we can have an hour or two of "qualifying" where thirty or forty cars show up, and twenty start.

Of course, the "racing" fans would object -- without the (well over 107%) Minardis as rolling road hazards to bunch up the cars trying to lap (again), there wouldn't be as many passing opportunities.

And it might lead to races consisting of four Ferraris, three McLarens, five Toyotas, and a Renault: There just aren't the wild card builders showing up with radical wings and such that there were in the 50s and 60s.