Fight! Bernie says no to standing restarts..

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..According to AMuS
http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/formel-1/eccles... (use chrome, it should auto translate)

I don't think anyone would disagree with the quotes from Bernie, but I wonder if he'll get his way.

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LaurasOtherHalf said:

Shirley the real question is just why Bernie keeps slagging the sport off this year? Where's the gain for him?

I don't think he's slagging it of, certainly no more than fans have (and a lot less than others who claim to be fans).
All he is saying is we don't need tacky gimmicks to spice things up (or at least no tacky gimmicks that he didn't think of...)

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LordGrover said:

What's a standing restart?
Is it a standing start after safety car or something?

Yes.

So currently, safety car runs around the track, on its final lap it turns the lights on the roof off, this is a signal that means it will enter the pit lane at the next opportunity, the race will then restart when the lead car passes the restart line (which can be the start/finish line, but not always).

Under the new proposed rule when the safety car pulls in to the pits the race cars will line up on the grid in their current positions and wait for the lights to go out, at which point the race has restarted. Remember at this point any lapped cars will have unlapped themselves so all cars are in position order.

The FIA decided to do this to spice up the racing, it is unpopular with the fans (to put it mildly).

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Walford said:

The FIA decided the Mercs were so far in front people were turning the TV,s OFF

Quite the opposite, I think more people will tune in for the battle...

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That data is getting on for 5 months old, lots of water under the bridge since then.

Plus its from GMM, who to be honest aren't exactly very well respected.

Not saying there weren't drops in figures at the start of the season, just that it could well have changed since then.