F1 staying with new qualifying format because Bernie hates joy

"blacktruck18" (blacktruck14)
03/24/2016 at 08:58 • Filed to: F1, Bernie hates you

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Bernie’s quote if you don’t want to read the article.

“I want to ensure the final result isn’t taken for granted. I am an entrepreneur and I must sell F1 to the race organisers. If fans no longer watch than I have less money to give the teams.

“That is why I have to find the best solution and why having riders eliminated every 90 seconds could be exciting.”

Good job Bernster, the fans will no longer watch when there are no cars on the track. Which is exactly what happened in Q2 and Q3. Yeah, your logic makes perfect sense.

Unless of course you are going for the people like watching a shit show angle. It worked on me last week, I didn’t turn off my TV, mostly because the awkwardness of listening to the announcers trying to explain why there were no cars on track and watching drivers walking to the press conference with 5 minutes left on the clock was too hilarious to not watch. I am not going to lie I will probably watch it happen again next weekend, it will be funny then too. By the third time it happens though it won’t be funny, which means I might not watch qualifying at all I am sure I am not the only fan with this opinion.

Also, your drivers are drivers because they are in race cars. If they were riders they would be on motorcycles, or unicycles, or tricycles, or horses. Surely, you have paid enough attention to know that cars, not unicycles and horses are racing in the racing series you oversee. Fuck, I hate you Bernie.

DISCUSSION (15)

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > blacktruck18
03/24/2016 at 09:00

We are all going to feel this Bern..

Tripper > blacktruck18
03/24/2016 at 09:08

What! Leave it to this droopy faced fuckin muppet, to keep a rule that is universally considered to be a terrible change. He is the worst thing about F1.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > blacktruck18
03/24/2016 at 09:21

Okay wasn’t he one of the ones against it just a month ago? He flip-flops on everything every week! Remember the “Abu Double”? He thought of the idea then complained about it and said he actually wanted the final three races to be double points, and then went and said he was against it the whole time.

avens > blacktruck18
03/24/2016 at 09:32

Bernie was not in charge of making that decision in first place. He actually was very much vocal against it, just like he was against the regulation changes of recent years.

What he says is that now F1 can’t just change the rules from race to race, as that would make selling the race much harder.

He really is and always has been ‘one of us’. Just a really ugly version of us who earns billions as he is in charge of the TV and spectacle sife of F1. He is not in charge of F1 as a whole, and as a fann he supports the idea that F1 should go back to its roots.

blacktruck18 > avens
03/24/2016 at 09:44

You’re kind of right, maybe I don’t know, he said he wasn’t for it, but he voted for it.

http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/…

Take that for what it’s worth.

In all honesty his idea (adding time to the previous race winners qualifying time) would have been a horrible gimmick.

I will definitely say he started as a fan (clearly) I just think now he has fallen into a trap of just doing things to draw attention to the sport and maybe himself. This is a perfect example to me of that, he says one thing does another, then says he never supported whatever changes.

Also, track sprinklers.

blacktruck18 > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
03/24/2016 at 09:45

Well done good sir.

avens > blacktruck18
03/24/2016 at 09:59

The thing is, he is not the one responsible for the horrible F1 changes of recent years, yet everyone blames Bernie for those.

And after all we call the current cars tractors because of him. That was his impression of the prototypes.

Newsboy > blacktruck18
03/24/2016 at 10:21

I’m actually in favor of the proposed change: keep knockout qualifying for Q1 and Q2, and go back to the knockdown dragout fight to the finish line in Q3.

Anything that introduces a chance for human error will make the show more exciting.

We saw that with tire strategy last weekend. Teams only used to have two compounds available, so in the case of a red flag, it was “well, I used the supersoft, we should switch to the soft and make one more pit stop.”

Now it’s “Uh...we used the supersoft, do we put on softs and try to make them last? Long stint on softs then a quick blast on supersofts? Two stints on supersofts? Mediums for the whole rest of the race?”

Some teams got it right, while others like Ferrari made the wrong call.

One more benefit of keeping the knockout qualifying for Q1/Q2, while going back to the old Q3: the teams from the mid-field back will have fresher rubber during the race (they won’t use as many sets of tires), while the teams up front will have burned through a lot of their tires just getting through qualifying. It will make the lap times during the race much closer than they are now.

Newsboy > blacktruck18
03/24/2016 at 10:23

One more point. I prefer the French word for F1 drivers:

Pilote.

ceanderson920 > blacktruck18
03/24/2016 at 11:22

I wish they wouldn’t have fucked up one of the only things good about F1. Maybe they will keep the elimination in Q1 and Q2 but than have the old way in Q3 just to make sure everyone keeps running to the end.

blacktruck18 > avens
03/24/2016 at 19:26

He hasn’t been responsible for all of the decisions, but he is probably the only person in the sport that could single handedly make things better.

As the head of the business side and basically the face of the F1 leadership he could have a huge influence on the decisions being made. But, he seems to never take a hard stance on stuff. This whole qualifying deal is a perfect example, if he didn’t support why would he vote for it. He seems to just take both sides in an issue so he can always say he was right.

blacktruck18 > ceanderson920
03/24/2016 at 19:30

I am of the same opinion, I think it will make the show better. They should let flying laps count though. That adds tension when a driver is still on track racing to the checkered flag. The “is he gonna make it” element was half the fun of the old format.

blacktruck18 > Newsboy
03/24/2016 at 19:34

Yes, it makes it sound so much cooler.

blacktruck18 > Newsboy
03/24/2016 at 20:02

I do like the idea of knock out qualifying for Q1 and Q2 also, but they should let flying laps count. A big part of the old qualifying, for me at least, was watching when someone racing to the line after the checkered flag was out. It added to the tension quite a bit and made qualifying really fun.

Another problem with knockout qualifying is it makes it confusing for newer viewers if someone can’t flip on the TV and within a few seconds understand what they are seeing they are going to change the channel. Which is something F1 can’t afford right now.

The tire deal was cool last week. I am a big believer that racing should be flat out as much possible and letting the strategy come after. The strategy of racing does add a certain cool cerebral feel to the racing. I think it can get out of control though, I think they should let everyone start the race on new tires and go from there. If the Q3 guys are starting on older tires it could make the show of the race better but, it is fake. The mid-field guys aren’t keeping up because they are fast they are keeping up strictly because of their tire advantage. By the end of the race everything falls into the normal finishing order.

I think F1 needs to do something with the aero of the cars that will make passing easier. Last week really showed that this year the teams aren’t as far apart as they have been for the last couple of years. If the aero wake of the cars didn’t make passing almost impossible the racing could be awesome. To me they need to avoid gimmicky stuff and just control the aero and let the on track passing get easier.

blacktruck18 > ceanderson920
03/24/2016 at 20:02