New Qualifying Format 2016

If the powers that be really give a **** about the sport and the fans, they'll hold their hands up, admit it just doesn't work and scrap this stupid idea.

Yeah right!

 

Have to admit I went back to bed.

 

You chose wisely.

 

As predicted, not a success.

I noted that Bernie was right, they didn't have time to do the timing software properly. When what's important is the slowest qualifying time, why is it shown as a delta from the irrelevant pole time?!

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/35850766

 

We'll probably end up with something even worse.

 

what a thrilling climax to Q3, the pure adrenaline rush of those last 3 mins have only been matched by the time I sat and watched some paint dry.
Awesome.

 

If the sole aim is to slow the mercs down, chuck some ballast on em... don't reinvent qualifying.

 

It looks like it's being scrapped.

 

And being replaced by a round of bingo?

 

Toto Wolff: "Two proposals were on the table - one was reverse grid and the other was that one. We voted for the least worst. You can't say no, no, no, all the time, so this time we felt maybe it's worth exploring and see how it is and the conclusion is it is not good."

They can, and should've said no, but the FIA and Ecclestone keep complaining about the power Mercedes and Ferrari hold right now, but in the last two years they've vetoed some truly outrageous proposals. There wouldn't be an F1 left right now if Mercedes and Ferrari didn't keep intervening.

 

I'm sure that in 'real life' if you kept bringing two bad ideas to a table and picking the least bad then someone would quickly be shown a close up of a boot.

Perhaps they could look at the big fan surveys of last year? Granted fans don't always know what they want, but they could show you the general direction.

 

Beavis and Butthead could have done a better job!

 

The only way it would work is if it was an elimination and the times were reset after each knockout. That would force cars out.

 

As long as cars have to pit for fuel and tyres, it's flawed.

 

so, back to how it was last year, good job.

I wonder if the decision was made before the Q3 clock reached 0

 

"why do we need to focus on Q3" you don't, it was just more magnified in Q3, the end of Q1 & Q2 were almost as bad.

 

Couldn't agree more.