03/04/2016
NEWS STORY
FIA's proposal for new qualifying format likely to be even more of a turn off.
Though Jean Todt insisted reporters be patient and wait until Thursday for details of his proposed new qualifying format, details are already beginning to emerge... and it's not good.
It is understood the new format would see each driver's best two times added together and their final time being based on the aggregate. This would be the format for each sector.
Consequently, instead of the absolutely rubbish system at present, whereby viewers are left to watch empty tarmac for minutes on end and drivers are already walking down the pitlane or to their motorhomes before being officially declared eliminated, we would have a format whereby viewers would need to sit waiting with a calculator.
Instead of the sheer thrill of watching a last minute pole-grabbing banzai lap, a la Lewis Hamilton yesterday, fans would need to have the details of his previous best lap in order to do the math.
Indeed, as Tobi Grüner of Auto Motor und Sport points out, based on the proposed format Nico Rosberg would be on pole today.
It's as if someone is deliberately trying to come up with the worst format ever.
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