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Seems its all change for next years Formula One Championship.
New rules just announced see an end to Saturday Qualifying, only to be replaced by two 1 hour sessions, one on Friday and another on Saturday.
Seems they will only have one car at a time out, so they have the best oppotunity to post a fast qualifying time without meeting any traffic, also the race orders have been banned from now on, so no longer can the teams artificially decide who wins or loses.
Also the points system has been overhauled. In an attempt to make F1 more interesting, and hopefully not allowing one team to walk away with the points, a new 8 place scale is introduced.
So the first 8 cars over the line will score points, not just the first 6, and 1st, 2nd & 3rd have less points dropped between them, 1st only carries a 2 point advantage per race from now on.
What the FIA havn't done is stripped the teams of electronic gizmos, something i think has created the problems to start with, they need to get back to racing, without driver aids.
Anyway its a small step in the right direction, but next season will undoubtably make or break F1 as a future sport.
We will wait and see.
Full BBC News article here
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/2365685.stm
LEO LION R
28-10-2002, 16:05
I imagine it may upset a particular team, and it's business investors a little - hope it doesn't cause any teams to leave.
:cheers:
recalluk
28-10-2002, 16:05
Hmmm nice to see change but not sure if its enought to "get me back" to the F1 scene. Last year spoilt it for me, but willing to see what happens.
Pete_slim
28-10-2002, 16:16
was totally against the iea of ballast... Cos that would have spoilt the whole meaning of formula 1..
What happened to the '1 engine per weekend' thing?. and penalties for not sticking to this.. ie best qualifying position minus ten places for changing the engine.. (wouldn't make too much difference if one team were super dominant, but it would make life a little more difficult if they did change their engiine).
I found it quite funny that the driver rotation thing was considered. All drivers take it in turns to drive a specific car. This would have been very funny to watch and very difficult to do.
(Mr Schumacher spitting the dummy out cos Fernando Alonso is wasting him in his own ferrari..)... Funny but not practical,because they cant say who drives what & when.
Still love F1 and have been a fan since I can remember, but I find it a sorry state that the governing body have to step in because of viewing figures.. has to be detremental to the progression of better products on road cars. (probably many years further down the line).
Will still watch it no matter who's dominant, cos it should only really be a matter of time before the others catch up.
These new rules are much better than the 'penalty' based ones which were aired.
Surely you should be rewarded for good performances - it's an incentive.
Restructure of the points system is a good idea. This year, with Ferrari often coming in 1 & 2 meant Micheal Schumacher scored 150% of the points gained by Williams/Mclaren (or whoever trailed in third) - no wonder Ferrari dominated the Constructor's Championship.
I would have thought that to increase excitement you need more competition. It equates then that increased competition or a greater chance to gain points would make for a better spectacle. So why not give more of the teams more to aim for? What about points for most laps led, quickest lap time, quickest pit stop, quickest sector time, most cars overtaken? Ferari wouldn't win all of these, Montoya took several poles this season and Raikkonen posted very quick sector times throughout the season.
If you wanted it to be a bit more (stupidly) entertaining, what about style marks from the ITV team or other panel for best wheel spin, lairiest sideways action, best crash, most aggressive overtaking manoeuvre?
Ok, ok so the last para is a bit stupid (good for Touring cars though!) but the rest of the stuff would mean there's more to compete for so you know the guys a the back in their Minardis aren't just there to 'test new parts' or race for sponsorship/appearance money.
Ed
Originally posted by edc
If you wanted it to be a bit more (stupidly) entertaining, what about style marks from the ITV team or other panel for best wheel spin, lairiest sideways action, best crash, most aggressive overtaking manoeuvre?
:D
How about points for prettiest car? Formula 1 does changing rooms :D
Have they cancelled the "no overtaking" ruling? :confused:
How the hell can they stop team orders? It would be so difficult to prove that the fuel hose really didn't get stuck on Rubens car when he was leading, with Schuie in second place!! ....if you know what i mean!
Chris
I think what they want to stop is the blatant position swapping and intransigence to rules a la USA and (the other race I can't remember). Subtle 'mistakes' like this don't blatantly screw over the spectator into thinking they were watching a race. Still, it's a form of 'cheating' and very difficult to enforce. This season spectators thought 'we were conned', next season they will think 'did they or didn't they'. Another way to maintain the interest!
mark sheerin
29-10-2002, 15:27
Someone made a good point which I haven't seen aired elswhere.
Split the TV revenue equally amongst teams...they are all on tv aren't they.
Not by their seasons end finishing positions.
That way all teams would have money to improve their cars with.
Cuprasport2000
29-10-2002, 15:40
I think there should be a budget cap which all teams should adhere to. This can be verified by an indipendant financial house. That might level the playing fields a bit and discourage cheque book racing...
Depends how you define the term 'budget'. Ferrari's income from PR/Marketing/Advertising is massive compared to Minardi's. It just means the money is channelled elsewhere, such as buying faster drivers etc.
F1 should remain hi-tech, it is the pinnacle of motor engineering. Low-tech racing is for the lower formulas.
Splitting TV revenue seems easy but at the end of the day Ferrari is a much larger attraction to sponsors than Minardi. Teams might spit off and do their own TV deals which would really stuff the smaller teams.