20 F1 Races a year.... and some at night!
Discussion
Bernie says they are hoping for 20 GP's in 2009, including some at night!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motor
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motor
Bernie has probably realised that despite getting big bucks from overseas countries to host races no one in the real world will be awake to see them if they run at 2pm local time. So the only way the TV companies who pay big bucks (have you spotted the trend yet?) will pay to show these races on their primetime TV stations and not in between the signing version of Richard & Judy and the early hours shopping is to run the races at night.
Bernie a fool, no. A greedy spawn of satan, yes.
Bernie a fool, no. A greedy spawn of satan, yes.
Good! I know the teams have never been keen but I'd rather they were jetting around racing rather than testing. Besides, the sport is for the fans first and I'd happily watch more races, perhaps with a shorter off-season, too. Soccer runs all year round so why can't our sport have at least one more month?
I kind of agree to more races. Personally they should have an outright ban of all track based testing between the first and last race of the season.
Make Friday a free for all no-holds barred test session, sort of what they are doing this year with a 3hr track time being given, but just give them the track between 9am and 5pm and they can do all they like, no restrictions. Fantastic for the fans on a Friday. Sat for qualifing and Sunday the race.
If Bernie and Max want to reduce costs, this would do it over night, and add to the spectacle of race weekends IMHO.
Trouble is, those bloody red cars have their own track and you'll going to find somehow that they get around the Bernie and Max show to allow them to test when they like!!!
Make Friday a free for all no-holds barred test session, sort of what they are doing this year with a 3hr track time being given, but just give them the track between 9am and 5pm and they can do all they like, no restrictions. Fantastic for the fans on a Friday. Sat for qualifing and Sunday the race.
If Bernie and Max want to reduce costs, this would do it over night, and add to the spectacle of race weekends IMHO.
Trouble is, those bloody red cars have their own track and you'll going to find somehow that they get around the Bernie and Max show to allow them to test when they like!!!
Good grief, give a rest. Lets get back to sixteen races. It's bad enough that I waste 18 sunday afternoons a year watching this durge - now they expect me to sit in front of the telly 20 times.
I say choose ten core tracks - the best tracks in the world, and have the other six as roving races to give other circuits a go.
I say choose ten core tracks - the best tracks in the world, and have the other six as roving races to give other circuits a go.
mr_thyroid said:
Good grief, give a rest. Lets get back to sixteen races. It's bad enough that I waste 18 sunday afternoons a year watching this durge - now they expect me to sit in front of the telly 20 times.
I say choose ten core tracks - the best tracks in the world, and have the other six as roving races to give other circuits a go.
I say choose ten core tracks - the best tracks in the world, and have the other six as roving races to give other circuits a go.
No-one's forcing you to watch
The more the better, the off-season is far too long
What about some non-championship races.. with mandatory attendance though, of course? No consequence racing; could either free up the drivers to race properly in the way that (most) of them used to in earlier formulas, or remove the incentive to go all out and worsen the problem.
It's a suggestion at any rate..
It's a suggestion at any rate..
Too bad they can not create 2 divisions of 20 cars (40 total) whereby each team fields a car for each division. Bernie could have 16 races in each hemishpere creating greater local visibility (Watkins Glen, Laguna Seca, Indy, Road America would be great places to see races and, it would be interesting to see the performance comparison between Champ Car and F1), more overall races, better expense control through easier logistics. Hey, let the Indy 500 be one of the races for the Western hemishpere!
Division 1 would race in the Eastern hemishere, division 2 Western hemishere with the top 24 cars racing the 2 world championship races at 2 select sites on a rotating basis (for example, Spa/Monaco one year and Canada/US the next, UK/France the next year, Brazil/Argentina the next year...) to determine the championship. Baseball essentially does the same thing with an American League and a National League that meets in the World Series.
Just a thought.
Division 1 would race in the Eastern hemishere, division 2 Western hemishere with the top 24 cars racing the 2 world championship races at 2 select sites on a rotating basis (for example, Spa/Monaco one year and Canada/US the next, UK/France the next year, Brazil/Argentina the next year...) to determine the championship. Baseball essentially does the same thing with an American League and a National League that meets in the World Series.
Just a thought.
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