15 replies to this topic

[zeph]

A few years ago somebody mentioned somewhere that sprint races should be a separate championship. I thought it was an intriguing idea, as I dislike the sprint races messing up the cleanliness of the regular championship points structure.

 

I would just call it the F1 Sprint Cup, and change a few of the rules. The points obtained would not count towards the regular championships (both WDC/WCC), instead they are tallied up separately to determine the Sprint Cup champion at the end of that mini-season.

 

I would also change qualifying for Sprint races to further differentiate it from the regular races and championship; ideally, just a single lap with standing start for every driver, but standing start may prove impractical so maybe a timed release from the pit, and everybody get one out lap, one Q lap and one in lap.

 

Or something like that, just really turn it into its own thing. Maybe even have the race be 30 minutes rather than a number of laps, and just finish the race on the lap that the leader is on at the 30m mark.

 

Crazy? Thoughts?

 

 

 

 

[MKSixer]

Sprint Cup but for aspiring F1 Drivers, not the current crop.

[IrvTheSwerve]

Just discontinue them.

 

Yay let’s have a ‘sprint champion’ which no one, certainly the drivers, will care about.

[KWSN - DSM]

Have sprint each race, results of sprint = Starting grid for Grand Prix.

[zeph]

Have sprint each race, results of sprint = Starting grid for Grand Prix.

Isn’t that how it started? I didn’t particularly like or hate that, but it needs to be consistent. Not qualifying for some races, and sprints for others.

[Anderis]

Have sprint each race, results of sprint = Starting grid for Grand Prix.

That's probably the worst option possible. We've had that. All it does is to allow drivers in fast cars who screwed up their qualifying to move up during the sprint and negate the poor qualifying, making the race less interesting and qualifying less interesting.

 

[KWSN - DSM]

The very reason sprint equal starting grid is that they start grid will be jumbled, not that it can be jumbled.

[AlexPrime]

Keep it as it is, but make a Sprint Cup as well.

[Myrvold]

Keep it as it is, but make a Sprint Cup as well.

Nextel Cup?

[KimiRaykkonen]

I get why they have it, to have more competitive sessions to give fans something else to watch, I agree and think it needs its own separate championship though

 

I do think f1 races tend to be more entertaining when usually due to weather, the teams don't get much practice and gives them less time to work out the ideal setups for their car, or races where we get a mixed up grid, and occasionally when the championship leading cars do get their set ups wrong it gives somebody lower down the chance to get a surprise victory / podium etc. I also think they should reduce the time in Q3 so drivers only get 1 attempt but that's a different topic

 

I would propose something like the following:

 

Friday

1x Free Practice session (1:30)

qualification session for Sunday Grand Prix (standard q1, q2, q3 etc)

 

[Sprint] Saturday:

Sprint qualifying - q1 drivers have 15 minute warm up, to set the order for q2 (in reverse, so slowest to fastest). then for q2 drivers to have 1 lap shootout, leaving the pitlane at 2 minute intervals, timing beam to start from end of sector 2, so the 'outlap' is first 2 sectors to prepare the car etc, then 'inlap' is final sector and straight into the pits as to not interfere with anybody else's laps

Sprint race (half distance of GP) with mandatory soft tires only and 1 mandatory pitstop to be taken between 40%-60% race distance (this is to stop people pitting on lap 1 to get clean air, or waiting until last lap Gambling on safety car)

 

Sunday

Standard length Grand Prix as normal

 

Sprint Saturday to have its own separate championship standings and no points would be awarded towards the Grand Prix totals

[JL14]

What would be the incentive for the drivers and teams to race?

There's nothing to gain, only to loose.

[ANF]

[Ruusperi]

Get rid of them. And while getting rid of things, trash Domenicali as well.

[Yoshi]

Get rid of them. And while getting rid of things, trash Domenicali as well.

+1

[garoidb]

That's probably the worst option possible. We've had that. All it does is to allow drivers in fast cars who screwed up their qualifying to move up during the sprint and negate the poor qualifying, making the race less interesting and qualifying less interesting.

 

It's kind of like stopping the race, having a night's sleep and then starting it again. 

[LolaB0860]

Kill it with fire