[newwebstar]

I really liked the fact that we had a rain delay at the Japanese GP.

Why? Well, I think having qualifying and racing on the same day is fantastic! Instead of having Friday and Saturday practice before qualifying and the race, F1 should practice all day Saturday, qualify on Sunday morning, and then race on Sunday afternoon. Maybe even a practice session between qualifying and the race on Sunday.

*flame-suit ON*

[famosetroie]

Practice session between quali and race? And all on the same day???!
Your time in the army has, sir, driven you as insane as SD.

[seekfrieddy]

With no in-season testing they need all the practice sessions they can get.

Keep the format as it is... although I would like to see a Sunday morning warmup.

[socialkiiii]

don't like the idea, hated the idea in 2005 with qualifying and race on the same day for a few races, don't even think about it Bernie!

[newwebstar]

That's not a bad idea Malllen. Having an extra practice session before Sunday's race. I just think that there are too many gaps in the weekend and leaves something to be desired.

Your time in the army has, sir, driven you as insane as SD.

I certainly hope not!

[Todilrdc]

Now why didn't Bernie think of this?

[famosetroie]

Meh. So drivers end up doing 15-200 odd laps in a day? Most of them before the race?

People end up losing the whole day to F1 every other week, which will make broadcasters less inclined to broadcast EVERYTHING about F1, you can't jeopardize all other sports on channel for a whole day's F1, it'll end up shown as much as the WRC.

And lest we forget, do people have all sunday day to watch F1?
It would also really mess up the hours even more.

It doesn't make financial sense.

[Swidemaiskikemu]

I'd like a return to a morning warm up again, especially when weather and track conditions can change so much from saturday qually to race time. I really don't care for the whole parc ferme' situation after quallys. It really hasn't changed the grid or improved the races at all and I question what if any it has truly saved teams monitarily. Once you have a poor qually or make a poor set up decision, you're essentially screwed the remainder of the weekend.

[werkeeque]

Both Bernie and the promoters would hate this idea. It's one less day they can charge admission for.

A better move would be to allow open testing the Thursday before or the Monday after select races. This allows for all the data of in-season testing without the cost of travel.

[Todilrdc]

How about eliminating qualifying, and use all times from P1, P2 and P3 to decide the grid. Now that would make everyone serious during all sessions.

[werkeeque]

If it's serious, in what manner is it practice?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exOxUAntx8I

[drugimpotence]

I knew this would pop up. It did back after the 2004 Japanese GP and what happened? F1 introduced Sunday morning qualifying for 2005. It was such a failure that it was abandoned by Monaco. Bringing back Sunday morning warm-up would be good but the fate of pole position must be decided on Saturday so that people actually pay attention.

[LarryRda]

Yep the problem in 2005 was that nobody wanted to cover the morning session on TV so it failed. However a 2 day
format by just abandoning Friday practice.

[BoboStin]

Bad idea because it won't be good for tv audiance. Japanese time and Europe time means lack of sleep and prime time tv.

[WhonyGataxott]

Practice session between quali and race? And all on the same day???!
Your time in the army has, sir, driven you as insane as SD.

Where did he say that?!
You should comment only after reading carefully. Maybe some time in the army would help you out?

BTW, I only watch quali and race anyway so a 1 day format would suit me perfectly, and if they would have both quali and race on Saturday it would be the best!

[Dndjzirw]

I bet the ticket prices wouldnt go down if they reduced it to two days and the fans seem to slowly see less of the cars as the years pass, especially with these engine restrictions.

[Brutton]

Somehow I would hate to see the F1 weekend shrink to just 2 days. I am always excited when practice begins on Fridays, and hate to think I'd have to wait til Saturday. Instead I am with those who like the idea of Thursday additional practice, and I'd love to see them bring back 3rd drivers for that. I am torn between whether they should just let all teams use 3 drivers, or only the bottom x teams as they did in the past. Or perhaps let each team use ONLY their test driver on Thursday...?

[famosetroie]

Where did he say that?!
You should comment only after reading carefully. Maybe some time in the army would help you out?

I really liked the fact that we had a rain delay at the Japanese GP.

Why? Well, I think having qualifying and racing on the same day is fantastic! Instead of having Friday and Saturday practice before qualifying and the race, F1 should practice all day Saturday, qualify on Sunday morning, and then race on Sunday afternoon. Maybe even a practice session between qualifying and the race on Sunday.

Ahem. Ahem.

You should comment only after reading carefully.

[YonkFiorc]

Thumbs down from me. It would feel weird not going to bed Saturday night (well Sunday morning) not knowing how they were going to line up.

I would however, like to see the Sunday warm-up return. It used to give a good indicator of who was looking strong in race trim, and with in-season testing banned they can't wheel out the tired old "cost cutting" excuse for this one, although they probably will.

Ditch parc ferme regs while we're at it.

[soineeLom]

People end up losing the whole day to F1 every other week, which will make broadcasters less inclined to broadcast EVERYTHING about F1, you can't jeopardize all other sports on channel for a whole day's F1, it'll end up shown as much as the WRC..

Both Bernie and the promoters would hate this idea. It's one less day they can charge admission for.

Good points, and the main reasons I suspect this idea won't happen.