Qualifying brainy, of style scoring system MotoGp , mixtures of tires, number of trains to be used, fair financial play for the stables, hybrid engines, penalty points for the drivers, abolished supplies and re-introduced, and so on and so forth. For ten years (and counting) that the Formula 1 change its rules , so sometimes schizophrenic, to try to revive the races too monotonous. Fans are confused, even the most competent enthusiasts – sometimes even the technicians and pilots – are struggling to keep up with one novelty of a F1 that has lost its identity. But the desire for change is not subsiding: also the season 2016 will be no exception, with the new knockout qualifying.
Since the mid Two thousand years , were the technological upheavals decided the “ Formula One Commission ” to change the balance of forces on the track and determine the victories cycles. Four years of domain Red Bull from 2010 to 2013 with projects of Adrian Newey ; then the hegemony of the Mercedes from 2014, with the introduction of hybrid engines that so far the German company has been able to interpret at best. This year in fact the news focus on regulatory issues, rather than technical. Therefore, they should not affect values. Although the new qualifying mechanism could disrupt at least the starting grid , with results that are difficult to assume. Do not talk about anything else for weeks, and this is found in 2016: the qualification system – that compared to the traditional one in recent years has experienced the most diverse formulas, from one lap to the sum of two runs – becomes even more hectic and unpredictable. The base remains that of the knock-out already used in recent seasons, with three different sessions. But with the addition of the “ Royal Rumble” : at each session, after a relatively quiet first half in which is eliminated only the last in the standings, every 90 seconds will be ” cut “the slower car . Until you get in the final minute with only two cars on the track, which will run the pole position .
The doubts expressed by the stables are many: from the risk of congestion in the initial phase, when on the track there will be 22 cars simultaneously , the difficulty of developing strategies to cope with the cut. The new qualifications, in short, are likely to turn into a Russian Roulette , rewarding not necessarily the fastest rider. What and how much will the impact of this system will begin to understand it immediately. The new qualifications, in fact, already debut in the first weekend in Australia , even after the entry date there had been a long tug. Originally scheduled for March 20, was postponed to May (to Spanish GP ) for the technical problems of update software, then just put into question and finally approved definitively less than ten days to go. Riders, stables and software will be ready? The risk of chaos for Saturday is very high. The rest is outline: come the compounds of customized tires (must use two of them among the three given for each Grand Prix from the Pirelli ), which gives more importance to the ability to choose the pilots. It is limited radio messages between the box and interior only to emergency communications and security: less strategy, more spontaneity and therefore emotions. At least in the intentions of the Commission .
Once again, therefore, the Formula 1 changes in search of the lost performance. The main novelty of this year, in fact, there are serious concerns, and little hope that is enough to return to the races the emotional charge that is a bit ‘lost over the years. Of course, there will be the odd rule studied in the modern era of the cars: from the qualifying in two runs (of which the second on Sunday morning), to score twice in the last race on the calendar, recent history is full of gimmicks that have He had a short and unhappy life. Now it’s up to the new knockout qualifying. Voted unanimously in any event from the stables, because they are considered “the lesser evil”. Bernie Ecclestone , the parent-owner of the circus, he wanted even an absurd penalty system for the best and the inverted starting grid than in qualifying. It is not said that sooner or later you do not arrive even to this.
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