F1: Standing Starts After Safety Car Periods?

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 06/25/2014 at 08:37 • Filed to: f1

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Apparently, there was talk in Austria that the F1 Strategy Group is considering instituting a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , rather than a rolling start as is done now. They figure it will improve the show. Okay. You know, they used to have a tip-off in basketball after every goal, but they ditched that idea because it was just f**king stupid and a waste of time. Much like this idea.

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themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > ttyymmnn 06/25/2014 at 08:42

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So after a safety car period because a driver broke down in the middle of the track you want to line everyone up on a hot track on a hot day and have them sit so that you risk someone sitting there in the middle of the track broken down...MAKES SENSE!

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > ttyymmnn 06/25/2014 at 08:42

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Because they want more wrecks?

McMike > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 06/25/2014 at 08:58

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ttyymmnn > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 06/25/2014 at 09:12

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Of course. Because wrecks are exciting. Just ask any NASCAR fan.

jariten1781 > ttyymmnn 06/25/2014 at 09:46

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I'm one of the people that likes the leader leads restart they use now. It does a decent job of getting the race going while maintaining positions.

My wife on the other hand loves the idea of standing restarts. She's a casual watcher and if I'm on travel she'll only go out of her way to watch Monoco, Spa, Silverstone, and Monza. Some quotes when I mentioned it to her: "Wow, that sounds really cool", "The start is often the most interesting part of the race", "It would have been funny to watch Webber lose 5 positions every restart".

Note, she still complains about the sound of the new engines every single race, practice, qually, that she happens to watch.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > ttyymmnn 06/25/2014 at 10:20

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So they intend to abolish the full course caution and go straight to a red flag? Will teams be able to call time out too?