Raceboy
11-04-2003, 20:46
Bernie Ecclestone would like to pull Formula One's pole-sitter out of a hat.
The F1 supremo, who brands the new one-shot qualifying shoot out as 'horrible' and 'not working,' says he knows how to return the thrill of Saturday's session to grand prix racing.
'The drivers are not driving on the limit in qualifying, and then they complete only one fast lap and they return to the pits and do nothing,' said the 72-year-old in Brazil.
'We are going to wait a bit longer and then we are going to change it.'
Bernie would like to reinstate the old, one-hour, twelve-lap format which was consigned to the history books at the end of 2002 because it often left track action at a stand-still.
To spice up interest in the old format, the head of Formula One Management reckons the fastest ten drivers should be rewarded with points.
Their names, Ecclestone continues, should then be thrown into a hat.
'What I would like to see is the names of the ten quickest drivers put into a hat the morning before the race, and then drawn out to see who would be at the front of the grid.
'No-one would know who was on pole until shortly before the race, and that would give added unpredictability to the whole event.
'It may not be sport as we know it - but it sure beats going out of business!'
bron: f1central.net
The F1 supremo, who brands the new one-shot qualifying shoot out as 'horrible' and 'not working,' says he knows how to return the thrill of Saturday's session to grand prix racing.
'The drivers are not driving on the limit in qualifying, and then they complete only one fast lap and they return to the pits and do nothing,' said the 72-year-old in Brazil.
'We are going to wait a bit longer and then we are going to change it.'
Bernie would like to reinstate the old, one-hour, twelve-lap format which was consigned to the history books at the end of 2002 because it often left track action at a stand-still.
To spice up interest in the old format, the head of Formula One Management reckons the fastest ten drivers should be rewarded with points.
Their names, Ecclestone continues, should then be thrown into a hat.
'What I would like to see is the names of the ten quickest drivers put into a hat the morning before the race, and then drawn out to see who would be at the front of the grid.
'No-one would know who was on pole until shortly before the race, and that would give added unpredictability to the whole event.
'It may not be sport as we know it - but it sure beats going out of business!'
bron: f1central.net