Fans asked to vote on qualifying (merged)

[Kicking-back]

So, the teams have come up with two proposals for 2006 qualifying:

Originally Posted by Autosport.com

Both proposals consist of a 60-minute session, the first split in two halves of 25 minutes with a 10-minute break in between. Drivers would be allowed to run as many laps as they wish, but must set a time in each half. Each driver's best lap from each session would be then added up to produce a final time to determine the grid.

The second system also consists of an hour-long session, but after 15 minutes the five slowest cars must retire and will qualify 16th to 20th on the grid. After another 15 minutes, the five slowest cars during that period will also retire from the session and they will qualify 11th to 15th.

During the final 30 minutes, the remaining cars will compete for the top 10 positions, based on the best times set in that period.

Both systems include no fuel restrictions, with cars allowed to be refuelled during and after the session.

There's to be a vote on the F1.com website.

http://www.formula1.com/news/3312.html



I'm appalled by this.

I hope the FIA don't feel bound by the result of this poll.

They should come up with the rules - getting the punters involved generally results in bad decisions.

I'm all for market research, but if you had F1 as the fans wanted it, it would be disastrous.