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  1. IanB

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    Gene Haas is exiting F1, selling the team to Mazepin.
     
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  2. Aircon

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    Wooo..... That's big news. Poor Mick
     
  3. Horse

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    Yep.
     
  4. PAP 348

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    Don’t blame him, let Mazepin tear his money up for a while before he sells it on to another billionaire.
     
  5. PAP 348

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    Reckon they’re gunna give Mick the boot and replace him with Vladimir Putin?
     
  6. ihavearedferrari

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    Petrov, Kyvat or Maldonado
     
  7. Aircon

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    Thoughts? I'm trying to start open minded, but it seems dumb to me.

    Sprint qualifying races will be held at three Formula 1 grands prix this season after team bosses and championship rulemakers finally agreed to try the new format.

    The so-called Sprint Qualifying plan will feature a normal qualifying session on Friday that sets the grid for a sprint race on Saturday, which awards points to the top three finishers and establishes the grid for Sunday’s grand prix.

    F1’s plan received unanimous approval from the F1 Commission on Monday


    The first sprint qualifying will be held at the British Grand Prix, while the Italian Grand Prix will also be used.Brazil was the third venue earmarked for the new format but has not been confirmed – the race is in doubt because of the COVID-19 pandemic and F1 has plenty of time to commit to the last trial, which it wants to be towards the end of the season.

    HOW IT WILL WORK

    Three points will be awarded to the winner, two points will be awarded to the second-placed finisher while the driver in third will receive one point.
    FRIDAY:
    60-minute FP1, two sets of tyres available
    Qualifying in the afternoon, five sets of softs available
    SATURDAY:
    60-minute FP2, one set of tyres available
    100km Sprint Qualifying, two sets of tyres available
    SUNDAY:
    Grand Prix, two remaining sets of tyres
    Parc ferme conditions will apply from the start of Friday’s qualifying session which forbids the changing of “major components” for the rest of the weekend but “enough reconfiguration of the cars” will be permitted to make final practice on Saturday “a useful session”.
    Weight distribution, engine and gearbox cooling can be adjusted after qualifying if the ambient temperature before qualifying and sprint qualifying varies by 10C or more.
    Cars will be in full parc ferme conditions after the qualifying race.
    If FP1 or qualifying is wet, teams will receive an extra set of intermediates but must return a used set before the qualifying race.
    If ‘sprint qualifying’ is wet, teams can swap a set of used wet or intermediates tyres afterwards for a new set of intermediates.

    CONCERNS ALLAYED

    Sprint qualifying had support from all 10 teams in principle but financial implications were known to be the main sticking point as the biggest teams felt they were already making huge efforts to meet the first-ever cost cap ($145m) that has been implemented for this season.
    Mercedes and Red Bull had both voiced concerns that they had struggled to get beneath the budget cap and the potential for damage from sprint races would cause wider ramifications, as the amount of compensation being offered in advance was not sufficient.
    To allay those concerns, F1 and the FIA have agreed that teams will be able to spend $500,000 on top of the budget cap to cover the cost of the three races, and there will be a mechanism for additional claims to be made in the event of accident damage.
    Another concern over the idea was what it means for the weekend’s race winners.
    The ‘sprint qualifying’ name is designed to differentiate it from the grand prix officially but some believe that will not matter when fans watch a Saturday race with a winner, especially as some points will be awarded as well.
    Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said that the Saturday race “mustn’t dilute the attraction” of Sunday’s grand prix, while his Red Bull counterpart Christian Horner said it should be treated “almost like a pre-final” and it is made clear that a qualifying race winner is “not a grand prix winner”.
     
  8. IanB

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    yes, it's dumb.
     
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  9. Ferraridoc

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    Can these Fwits get any more ridiculous?
     
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    Yes he'll drive bare chested.
     
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  11. Aircon

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  12. Its328

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    Sounds great to me!!
     
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  13. Horse

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    I'm with you, the more action the better.
     
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  14. Its328

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    Exactly, I’m a Motorsport fan so more is definitely better. You get a qually session on Friday which will be much more exciting than 2 P sessions. Then a 100km qually on Saturday.
    Win win.
    Everyone has been whining that F1 is boring
     
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  15. Horse

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    Yep.
     
  16. psw

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    +3 & they'll fine tune the rules anyway
     
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    Interesting format, we will see what happens.
     
  18. Aircon

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    I know it's only practice, but good to see Charlie boy up there. :D
     
  21. Aircon

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    Obviously NOCWYT
     
  22. Aircon

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  24. Steve355F1

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    Gee I’m glad Ferrari didn’t go with that dud Ricciardo.
     
  25. moretti

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    He had an off day ..... hopefully
     

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