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20 Nov 2005, 13:07 (Ref:1465552) | #1 | ||
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My ideas for A1GP (Season 2006/2007)
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1. Argentina 2. Australia 3. Austria 4. Bahrain 5. Belgium 6. Brazil 7. Canada 8. China 9. Colombia 10. Czech Republic 11. Denmark 12. Finland 13. France 14. Germany 15. Greece 16. Hungary 17. India 18. Indonesia 19. Ireland 20. Italy 21. Japan 22. Lebanon 23. Malaysia 24. Mexico 25. Netherlands 26. New Zealand 27. Norway 28. Pakistan 29. Poland 30. Portugal 31. Qatar 32. Russia 33. Singapore 34. South Africa 35. South Korea 36. Spain 37. Sweden 38. Switzerland 39. Turkey 40. United Arab Emirates 41. United Kingdom 42. United States Of America Drivers (1-3) The best and most experienced drivers. Season 2006/2007 Qualifying The top 30 teams will qualify for Season 2006/2007. Teams 1-21 August 4 12:00 – 14:00 Qualifying 1 August 5 12:00 – 14:00 Qualifying 2 Teams 22-42 August 12 12:00 – 14:00 Qualifying 1 August 13 12:00 – 14:00 Qualifying 2 Season 2006/2007 Race Calendar The top 15 countries in the 2005/2006 Championship (Excluding Switzerland) all get races. The winners will get the season opener and the 2nd placed team will get the season closer. Round 1 September 3rd Round 2 September 17th Round 3 October 1st Round 4 October 15th Round 5 October 29th Round 6 November 12th Round 7 November 26th Round 8 December 10th Round 9 December 31st Round 10 January 14th Round 11 January 28th Round 12 February 11th Round 13 February 25th Round 14 March 11th Round 15 March 25th Race Weekend Schedule Friday 11:00 - 12:00 Practice 1 14:00 - 15:00 Practice 2 Saturday 8:00 – 9:00 Practice 3 11:00 - 12:00 Qualifying 1 16:00 - 16:30 Race 1 (rolling start) Sunday 11:00-12:00 Qualifying 2 15:30-16:30 Race 2 (standing start) Points System (Races 1 and 2) Qualifying Pole=1 point Race 1st=10 points 2nd=9 points 3rd=8 points 4th=7 points 5th=6 points 6th=5 points 7th=4 points 8th=3 points 9th=2 points 10th=1 points Fastest lap=1 point TV Coverage Every country with a team gets TV coverage on both FTA TV and Pay TV. Pay TV. Live FTA TV Delayed (Home race Live) |
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mabs - I know you have an obsession for lists and for changing things - but remember A1GP is Sheik Maktoum's creation - and the majority of what you have said is totally unrealistic.
Having a race on Saturday and Sunday is pointless - and your proposal to have 42 entries then "knock them down" to thirty would be a commercial disaster. How would a team get sponsors on the basis of "we might be out before the season starts". Learn to enjoy motor-racing, mabs, rather than feeling you have to change it all. |
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anyway, what if it rains on 12 and 13 august?
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the sheik flys everyone to dubai ........
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My ideas for A1GP (Edit)
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1. Argentina 2. Australia 3. Austria 4. Bahrain 5. Belgium 6. Brazil 7. Canada 8. China 9. Colombia 10. Czech Republic 11. Denmark 12. Finland 13. France 14. Germany 15. Greece 16. Hungary 17. India 18. Indonesia 19. Ireland 20. Italy 21. Japan 22. Lebanon 23. Malaysia 24. Mexico 25. Netherlands 26. New Zealand 27. Norway 28. Pakistan 29. Poland 30. Portugal 31. Qatar 32. Russia 33. Singapore 34. South Africa 35. South Korea 36. Spain 37. Sweden 38. Switzerland 39. Turkey 40. United Arab Emirates 41. United Kingdom 42. United States Of America Drivers (1-3) The best and most experienced drivers. Season 2006/2007 Race Calendar The top 15 countries in the 2005/2006 Championship (Excluding Switzerland) all get races. The winners will get the season opener and the 2nd placed team will get the season closer. Round 1 September 3rd 2006 Round 2 September 17th 2006 Round 3 October 1st 2006 Round 4 October 15th 2006 Round 5 October 29th 2006 Round 6 November 12th 2006 Round 7 November 26th 2006 Round 8 December 10th 2006 Round 9 January 7th 2007 Round 10 January 21st 2007 Round 11 February 4th 2007 Round 12 February 18th 2007 Round 13 March 4th 2007 Round 14 March 18th 2007 Round 15 April 1st 2007 Race Weekend Schedule Friday 11:00 – 11:45 Group 1 Practice 1 12:00 - 12:45 Group 2 Practice 1 14:45 - 15:30 Group 1 Practice 2 15:45 - 16:30 Group 2 Practice 2 Saturday 7:00 – 7:45 Group 1 Practice 3 8:00 - 8:45 Group 2 Practice 3 10:45 - 11:30 Group 1 Qualifying 1 11:45 - 12:30 Group 2 Qualifying 1 14:30 - 15:30 Group 1 Qualifying 2 15:45 - 16:45 Group 2 Qualifying 2 Sunday 13:00-13:30 Race 1 (rolling start) 15:30-16:30 Race 2 (standing start) Group 1=Teams 1-21 Group 2=Teams 22-42 Qualifying Drivers can do an ulimited amount of laps and the top 30 qualify for the race. Qualifying 1 is for race 1 and qualifying 2 is for race 2. I hate how they start the second race were they finished in the first. It is a stupid idea. Points System Qualifying 1 Pole=1 point Race 1 1st=10 points 2nd=9 points 3rd=8 points 4th=7 points 5th=6 points 6th=5 points 7th=4 points 8th=3 points 9th=2 points 10th=1 points Fastest lap=1 point Qualifying 2 Pole=2 points Race 2 1st=20 points 2nd=18 points 3rd=16 points 4th=14oints 5th=12oints 6th=10oints 7th=8 points 8th=6 points 9th=4 points 10th=2 points Fastest lap=2 points TV Coverage Every country with a team gets TV coverage on both FTA TV and Pay TV. Pay TV. Live FTA TV Delayed (Home race Live) |
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21 Nov 2005, 04:18 (Ref:1466117) | #8 | ||
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I don't have a problem with the way A1GP is now but 1 thing that needs to change is the TV coverage. I don't know how it is in other countries but in Australia the TV coverage is very bad. Sure we get the races live on Fox Sports but not everyone has Foxel and on FTA there is only 1 hour of highlights a week after every race and to make it worse it is shown no earlier than 11:30pm on a Sunday night. The Malaysian round will be shown at 1:00am on a Monday morning. That is no acceptable! Also France is leading the championship and they don't get any TV coverage. (Corect me if im wrong)
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mabs - your obsession with tv strikes again.
Just because you don't have Fox does not mean they shouldn't have the coverage. That's life. I'd like a Mercedes, but I don't go demanding it. If you want to watch the coverage, get a subscription to Fox. End of. |
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21 Nov 2005, 08:59 (Ref:1466229) | #10 | ||
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...and at least you GET a highlights package. Sky has exclusive rights here, so no Sky no A1GP. I like it the way it is, tbh. Maybe up the teams to 30-odd, but that'd be it.
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What a bizarre post.
Anyone who comes up with six figure sums for a franchise needs to be able to sell sponsorship or a lot of shirts or TV rights in that country - not easy to do if you cannot guarantee you will be racing. Any system therefore needs to ensure that all entrants get to race. I am sure the Sheik will love your setup - perhaps you should email him, or better still send a courier package with magic wand enclosed. |
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I'm sure it'll be as successful as mabs similar attempts to revise F1, GP2, ChampCar, IndyCar, Aussie V8s, the Football World Cup and Australian television
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(That's a thought - maybe it's their way of trying to break into the French market...) Ahem, anyway... fair point on the tv thing. I'll agree with Mabs to the extent that it would be nice if A1GP was available on free tv in all countries, then we wouldn't feel so obliged to pay money to the spawn of the devil in all its forms (Sky, Fox, etc etc). But I honestly don't think it would get the audiences needed to attract the terrestrial channels. Oh, and Mabs - you're safe at the moment, but any mention of the words "channel" and "ten" in the same sentence will result in posts being warned and pulled. Capiche? I don't really care if you're right - we're bored. Last edited by Hazza; 21 Nov 2005 at 12:50. Reason: :P |
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The only real differences I would suggest to A1GP as it stands are..
Have the designated driver(s) confirmed and announced Mid week rather than on the Friday morning. Have some sort of external indicator on the cars for when the Power Boost is being used (somewhere viewable from the side and not where the driver behind can see it). .............. The World feed TV is improving all the time, both in TV direction and also in the graphics IMO, Improvements to the TV coverage in which ever country your viewing in? Well Email your suggestions to that TV company. |
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While I may agree with the above posts about not medling & continuously changing things I do think that some things could be changed to improve the series. Firstly k-b commented earlier that it would be a financial disaster if there were 42(?) teams and they then knocked some out before the season had even started. While I agree I wouldn't have a problem with having more teams with a maximum of 28 slots on the grid with some teams being knocked out of the specific race if there were more than 28 competing teams. Although this may not be hugely popular there is method in my madness! Some teams such as Team Australia have employed some prety lackluster drivers so far such as Christian Jones when there are much better drivers such as Murchison and Power largely being ignored, seemingly because the team boss, Alan Jones, wants to promote his own son. If I was Australian I would be furious about this as this stupid choice of driver is leaving the team at the back end of the field. Things have been improving with the arrival of Davidson but not by much. Larger grids would force teams to really try hard to get the best drivers that their countries had outside of F1.
Also I think that it would make the racing safer as the amount of rolls and large shunts that we have seen so far has been amazing & I don't think that it is down to the drivers trying so hard for the pride of their country. Many of the drivers out there have very little powerful single-seater experience. I also think that the creation of a junior A1 series would help to solve this problem by giving less experienced drivers time to train up to the required standard. This may also have financial benefits for the teams as fewer crashes mean fewer chassis being scrapped due to damage. K-b also said that just because he wants a merc doesn't mean that he goes demanding one-well to get good financial support a sport needs to be popular in the mainstream public. Whatever country you are in how many people in your country could you honestly expect to know about A1GP. In the UK I suspect very few-certainly very few of my friends have even heard of it. Therefore even if it is only on the most minor terrestrial channel (UK's Channel 5) on a very late night spot the sport needs to get itself out there in the open for all to see, not just those with sky, cable, freeview etc. These things may not be popular but even with the good job that it has done so far A1GP needs to wake up & smell the coffee-it needs to make itself popular with not just us lot on here but everybody else as well & if it doesn't then it will just die out which I think would be much sadder than just loosing some of the fun of the series at the moment. My rant is over-shower me with abuse I don't care (laughs madly) |
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Couldn't agree more mabs. It's sad when Australia has some of the best young talented drivers out there so see a position as good as this one squandered on drivers like Jones.
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