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Mr Jack · 2 Mar 2021 at 18:04

MrKnifey said:
Sounds like a demotion to me?

Probably theoretically upwards but in reality more sideways. Speculating wildly I'd guess that he took it because it means he's not spending so much time travelling and away from home. It must get wearing after a while spending so much time away and it's only getting worse with F1's insanely long seasons these days.

Deleted member 651465 · 2 Mar 2021 at 20:53

Soooo.... “super qualifying”. Who are they getting these ideas from?

https://www.racefans.net/2021/03/02...potential-name-for-f1s-saturday-sprint-races/

JRS · 2 Mar 2021 at 22:09

EVH said:
Soooo.... “super qualifying”. Who are they getting these ideas from?

https://www.racefans.net/2021/03/02...potential-name-for-f1s-saturday-sprint-races/

Band-aid over the cancer.

'We need to spice up the show!'
'How about sorting out the car construction regulations so the cars can actually race each other?'
'Nah, that would be silly...ooh, I got it, sprint races instead of qualifying!'

CaptainRAVE · 2 Mar 2021 at 22:10

EVH said:
Soooo.... “super qualifying”. Who are they getting these ideas from?

https://www.racefans.net/2021/03/02...potential-name-for-f1s-saturday-sprint-races/

Count me out.

this_is_gav · 2 Mar 2021 at 22:35

I don't have too many reservations on them trialling it on the proviso that it's only used if absolutely needed and only sparingly at very specific events.

I had the same feeling last year, which was expected to be boring as heck, but in the end it wasn't needed. I suppose it's better to trial it this season so if it works it's something that can be used (perhaps as an alternative to DRS) in the coming years.

I suppose it's something that would have been trialled in non-championship races in years gone by, but then again maybe they should be using their eSports races for things like this.

GravyMonster · 3 Mar 2021 at 16:56

Super. Qualifying.

GravyMonster · 3 Mar 2021 at 19:21

Also the surveys on F1 Fan Voice make me sad...

Terminal_Boy · 3 Mar 2021 at 19:36

Time to go full Death Race.

MissChief · 3 Mar 2021 at 19:43

JRS said:
Band-aid over the cancer.

'We need to spice up the show!'
'How about sorting out the car construction regulations so the cars can actually race each other?'
'Nah, that would be silly...ooh, I got it, sprint races instead of qualifying!'

Without Covid we’d have the new cars this season that are designed to do just that?

JRS · 3 Mar 2021 at 20:09

MissChief said:
Without Covid we’d have the new cars this season that are designed to do just that?

I'll believe it when I see it. Until then, I'm just gonna go ahead and assume that it'll fix nothing. Saves time that way.

Mr Jack · 3 Mar 2021 at 20:41

GravyMonster said:
Also the surveys on F1 Fan Voice make me sad...

I'm not opposed to having sprint races as a point scoring part of the weekend, it's a format that works well in other motorsports, but the idea of having it as "second qualifying" is a really bad idea. It's going to make one or the other really dull.

deuse · 4 Mar 2021 at 09:47

MrKnifey said:
Sounds like a demotion to me?

Unless he want's to stay at home now and RB don't want to lose him.
If he came on to the market most teams would try and hire him.

deuse · 4 Mar 2021 at 09:47

EVH said:
Soooo.... “super qualifying”. Who are they getting these ideas from?

https://www.racefans.net/2021/03/02...potential-name-for-f1s-saturday-sprint-races/

SoliD · 4 Mar 2021 at 19:35

I see le mans has been postponed to August in a hope to be able to get fans in.

MissChief · 4 Mar 2021 at 19:36

SoliD said:
I see le mans has been postponed to August in a hope to be able to get fans in.

Same weekend as a popular GT race in America too.

poosemon · 5 Mar 2021 at 12:54

SoliD said:
I see le mans has been postponed to August in a hope to be able to get fans in.

Interesting...So, should we even be able to get to France I am due in Perpignon on Sunday PM, and arriving in Calais around 9am Saturday.

I have been to Le Mans a few years back but was there for the whole weekend and camped onsite so once the car was parked didn't drive in/out.

Has anyone got experience of driving there and parking on Raceday? (I had originally put le mans in the trip but only to go to the museum and drive down the Mulsanne as a break on our way down and to around 3/4 of the way down through France! Bit of a diversion I know!)

JRS · 7 Mar 2021 at 13:37

The sport could really do with this happening: Porsche might return to F1 if the sport switches to synthetic fuels.

But, the sport is probably a bit busy on that whole 'a sprint race on Saturday will solve everything!' plan...

MissChief · 7 Mar 2021 at 14:01

JRS said:
The sport could really do with this happening: Porsche might return to F1 if the sport switches to synthetic fuels.

But, the sport is probably a bit busy on that whole 'a sprint race on Saturday will solve everything!' plan...

Synthetic fuels aren’t really something the FIA or F1 should be researching themselves IMO. That’s up to the chemical and fuel companies.

JRS · 7 Mar 2021 at 16:39

MissChief said:
Synthetic fuels aren’t really something the FIA or F1 should be researching themselves IMO. That’s up to the chemical and fuel companies.

Right. And if the FIA/F1 mandate racing with regular fuels, how does that research happen?

Porsche have been looking into synthetic fuels for a little while now. It's shown a lot of promise. So how about spreading the cost of further research over a sport and have F1 be a testbed for it? It's not like it'll affect the 'show' side of it in any way. And it might just keep the sport alive a while longer.

JRS · 11 Mar 2021 at 16:35

Ferrari explains "radical change" to the rear of the SF21.

Hopefully that's fixed the aero issues they had last year.

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