Originally Posted by stefmeister:
“I would guess the concern would be that if they damage there car on Saturday (More risk of doing so in a race than a practice/qualifying session) it could affect their race on Sunday.”
Each day would be as important meaning they would need to race on both days. If they didn't they'd risk losing points to competitors.
Originally Posted by stefmeister:
“And if your using that as a qualifying race then why risk damaging a wing or something which is going to see you starting towards the back on Sunday.”
Because you get points for the finishing positions of the sprint races. Starting from the back the following day would also have the benefit of places gained points. further towards the back you finish the more points you can take the race.
Originally Posted by stefmeister:
“Something else that is a bit of a risk with awarding points on Saturday (Be it for qualifying or a race) is that you could end up having championships decided on Saturday which would then take away from the main race the following day.”
No different to the title being decided with 1, 2 3 races left before the end of the season. Except constructors points would still be available. Plus the last race of the season determines cars starting places for the first sprint race of the following year (based on cars if drivers change during the off season).
Originally Posted by stefmeister:
“I also saw some discussion last year that series that do run 2 races over a weekend always tend to find that one of the 2 gets significantly less tv viewers than the other.”
I'd have thought that's the case anyway for Saturday/Sunday but could be wrong!