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Old 25 Sep 2017, 15:46 (Ref:3769762)   #33
el_cat
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el_cat should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
So I think if these current rules had been in play historically Kimi wouldn't have been able to start his debut, nor Massa. Alonso I think would have been cutting it a little fine (4th in F3000 and FNissan champion?). They all turned out OK.

I don't like the rules, as they are trying to make it too black and white. I think a great example is Kobayashi - wouldn't have got near a superlicence with his junior formulae results but proved to be more than capable in F1.

I'd prefer to see some kind of waivers, allowing for a minimum number of starts in F2/F3 and having demonstrated suitable pace in testing/FP1 for a set number of KM - about like the old rule.
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