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@napierrailton

1st = 3 points,
2nd = 2 points,
3rd = 1 point.

A shorter sprint race with no strategic element, Drivers able to push harder & No points for those outside the top 3 is only going to feature less action rather than more.

As such I just don’t see it adding […]

I think it was brought up during the build-up for the qualifying session today that they all had around 40% charge remaining in the batteries but due to the energy reductions made by race control during the safety […]

It’s funny how the argument for tearing up the old Hockenheim was that multiple long straights into slow chicanes was a boring layout. Yet now every new circuit features very long straights into very tight […]

@jerejj That’s what I was told.

When I enquired as to what was wrong I was just told that there had been a local blackout which meant they couldn’t establish a link to the track.

Was also sent a link to a […]

For those wondering how problems in the UK can cause problems at the circuit. Everything goes through the FOM system now, The teams no longer have there own systems on the cars for transmitting […]

See my reply above.

@someone or something since a power outage somewhere in the UK shouldn’t have any impact on the ability to transmit radio waves between cars and pits somewhere in Italy.Everything goes through the FOM system n […]

The reason for the technical problems & more limited broadcast during FP1 is that there was a power outage at Biggin Hill so everything that is usually produced off-site won’t be available until they get power […]

@frasier The things that led to the Williams decline were there before Sam Michael took over as technical director.

The real start of the decline was losing Adrian Newey & then the factory Renault deal the […]

Not to mention how even those who are off work on Saturdays tend to be less likely to sit in-front of the TV than they are on Sundays because they have things to do (Or just want to spend time with family/friends) […]

The championship been decided on the Saturday would detract massively from the GP the next day.

Awarding points for qualifying has always been something broadcasters & race promoters have been against, […]

There were questions on here some weeks ago regarding what the definition of success/failure would be that would see the idea continue forward or be dropped.

I’ve been told the definition of success will be TV […]

Teams will receive an extra $500,000 in prize money & the budget cap will also be raised by $500,000.

Any team who’s car suffers damage during a sprint race will also be able to apply to receive additional […]

@krichelle I thought these tyres were designed to be more durable?Not specifically.

The changes for this year were more about strengthening the construction to help the tyres withstand the sort of loads the […]

because it makes the sport a bit like a franchiseI hear that this is the goal & was also one of the first couple of thing that Liberty brought up with teams when they took over F1 in 2017.

Teams were/are […]

FYI any deal done with Amazon wouldn’t interrupt any of the existing broadcast deals so in places like the UK where a broadcaster (Sky in that case) have an exclusive deal the Amazon offering wouldn’t be available […]

F1 is already filmed/broadcast in 4K & has been for a few season now.

The Amazon deal also wouldn’t be an Amazon production. They would simply be picking up the F1 produced world feed like any other […]

@robbie I think those asking why are looking at it from the perspective that everytime fans have ever been asked about the weekend format (Including in some fairly recent survey’s conducted for Liberty) the […]

Something I heard over the weekend was that teams have largely agreed with it as none of them honestly expect it to ‘work’ & are hoping that once they trial it & it’s shown that it’s a format that won’t work for […]