Liberty eyes adding 'Q4' to qualifying
Sep.25 - Liberty Media could be looking at adding another segment to the current 'knockout'-style qualifying format.
Auto Motor und Sport reports that under consideration is the addition of a 'Q4' segment in order to add excitement to the Saturday session that determines the grid order.
Each of the new Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 segments would be shorter in duration, with fewer cars eliminated.
"We want qualifying to be less predictable, so that it is more likely that the strongest cars can end up in the 'wrong' positions," explained F1 sporting boss Ross Brawn.
"Perhaps by reducing the number of laps each driver can do in each segment, the teams will not be able to optimise everything as they are able to currently," he added.
"But we will act very cautiously, because the current format is popular and successful," Brawn said.
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Sounds a little odd as trying to have the strongest drivers mixed up with the slower cars is likely to result in losing them due to the common first laps stupidity and therefore loose the most spectacular racing at the front. Get the specifications right so that cars can race will do more for the spectacle than playing with the grid.
Well said dude!
"so that it is more likely that the strongest cars can end up in the 'wrong' positions," Yeah, really logical...
Honestly, Liberty Media is destroying F1, and despite all the criticism they stubbornly plough on with one bad idea after another.
WRT the young drivers retained by the bigger teams, in young driver programs. Seems to me that they’re trying to squeeze in too many, too early. With the result of losing VD, Ocon, etc etc.