Drivers ideas on Qualifying
 

Source: www.formula1.com

David Coulthard: “No fuel - and then go out and find who has the best combination of car/driver/tyres. I am not happy with the single lap situation. I just was in Portugal for the Moto GP and it was great to see them all on the track for one hour fighting like hell against each other. I think that Formula One should return to that qualifying system. It would be a win-win situation for the drivers and the viewers.”

Michael Schumacher: “As one of the speakers of the GPDA (Grand Prix Drivers’ Association) I naturally communicate my visions of a qualifying mode to all involved in this matter. But as I am aware of the fact that every statement I make weighs very heavily I will contribute my ideas to the right auditorium and help find a solution we can all live with.”

Jarno Trulli: “There is a big discussion going on with many differing opinions. The only thing we all agree on was to run on low fuel. My personal opinion is that the old qualifying with everybody on the track was better than this single flying lap situation.”

Fernando Alonso: “Low fuel. It would be more exciting for the drivers because we could push harder to the limit. I am comfortable with the single lap system because it is only one big risk and pressure for the drivers.”

Jenson Button: “I like it as it is now with the single lap although it had caught me out a couple of times. I don’t follow the preferences of many other drivers to run on low fuel. To leave it up to the teams how much fuel they will have on board for qualifying makes the race more unpredictable and hence more exciting for the viewers.”

Juan-Pablo Montoya: “The old format - one hour - everybody on the track - many laps - low fuel. That’s racing.”

Ricardo Zonta: “Low fuel is essential. And two flying laps. Because if they change the tyre regulations for the next year, one lap will not be enough to warm up and have the fastest times possible.”

Kimi Raikkonen: “I want to go back to the old qualifying mode with many laps and all cars on the track. This was already racing, even during qualifying, with strategies that had to be developed on when to get out of the pits to do the perfect flying lap with the minimum traffic on the track.”

Giancarlo Fisichella: “Whatever change there will be it will be better than it is now. This single lap does not support a race feeling.”

Olivier Panis: “My preference is two flying laps. Everybody should get a second chance. And it would be great for the viewers to see the cars two times. Viewers have got used to the one car on track mode, so it would not make sense to return to the old system of having all cars running at the same time.”

Mark Webber: “Qualifying always has been about one fast lap. I don’t think that adding the times together would be a very good idea. My ideal would be to run on low fuel and have two flying laps.”

I hope they will go to old format next year.

heres an idea... on friday.. one lap qualifying.. just like a few years ago.. then it actually makes watching the friday stuff interesting. Low fuel.. new tires.. thats the balls out stuff.. and then the fastest driver will get to choose when he goes out on saturday.. this solves the number of spins that we saw at the British GP

The purnell/f1racing plan i think is excellent.

Two short sprint races determine qualifying. Grid for 1st is random, grid for 2nd is reverse of first. Race grid is agregate of 1st and 2nd qualy finishing positions.

Low fuel, lots of action, lots of overtaking.. exactly what we need.

:)

Back to the old way :D

why make up all strange qualifying rules. we want to see the fastest on pole, not the guy with a 3 stop strategy. They should still keep parc farme soo no teams can touch the cars at nite(like removing engines etc), but still be able to have some practise laps on sunday morning. Cause as someone that actually goes to the races everyyear, this 1 lap qualfiying is soo boring.

1) Low fuel (ie. allow refuel after qualifying)
2) Each driver given 4 laps (out lap, 2 hot lap, in lap)
3) Points awarded for top 3 (or whatever) slots
4) Qualifying order will be the reverse order of last pratice result

How's that sound?

^^^ The justification for the one lap qually today is that it provides mixed grids due to the possibility of driver errors and also fuel strategy. Whether it makes a real difference in the end is debatable with Schumi dominant and making few mistakes.

Now ... two hot laps would reduce the possibility of errors ... as the driver has one more lap to correct his mistake. So the mixed grid chance is less likely.

I always like the idea of low fuel qualifying because that is what F1 was always about. But I feel that if we had this rule this year... it would have been Ferrari 1-2 grid virtually everywhere.

The Tony Purnell/F1 racing idea provides a chance of an exciting race to watch on Saturday prior to the real race as well as a mixed grid. So I am cautiously in favour of it....

Back to the old format with the 12 laps. For me saturday was a mini race. :D

I would say the same thing except doing something like champcar does, where the fastest car from the first round of qualifying secures a place on the front row regardless of how they perform in second round qualifying.

Maybe they should get rid of the cars all together and they have to run around the track in a marathon type race with cardboard cutouts of the cars(for sponsers etc), will make it fair for everyone :lol: :mrgreen: 0X

hahaha, atleast that way McLaren can't have the excuse of break downs anymore :lol:

lol Shumi would still win.