Originally Posted by FOM Fan:
“Give it a go & actually watch it instead of just giving up and acting on hearsay.
Q1 (and to a lesser extent Q2) were dull only because some of the new teams fudged up their timings. Saying that, Q3 on the other hand will be even worse than last time because Bahrain's lap is longer than 90secs. So yeah, I dunno. I'm an eternal optimist, and tbh I don't give a toss where in the session the driver sets his fastest lap.”
Hearsay?
Q1 wasn't actually that bad, in fact it bode quite well for the following two but it was a false hope. Yes, there were some mistakes by teams in working out timings but the sessions still panned out as the majority of the teams had forecast that they would. I can't see why that would change next week whilst the incentive to retain new sets of tyres is so strong.
I'm *not* opposed to the elimination idea at all but it needs a lot of tweaking. It could work but not as it is right now.
I *am* opposed to F1's ridiculous headless-chicken mode. Can no-one inside the sport see the damage that it's doing? It needs a complete overhaul, stripping-down to basics and being rebuilt. Instead of adding more and more regulation, it needs simplicity in its aims, rules and regulations. It needs everyone involved to agree a long-term strategy and to stop washing all their dirty laundry in public. Can't see it happening, though.