[WhonyGataxott]

Ahem. Ahem.

You should comment only after reading carefully.

[mpzoFeJs]

I personally wouldn't like to have qualifying sessions to be organized on Sundays. IMO it's a perfect build-up for Sunday's race to have it a day earlier - going to sleep with the knowledge of the grid order. And on some occasions it may be too time-consuming to have both qualifying and race on the same day. In Japan's case it was a nightmare situation for sleeping and I indeed didn't watch qualifying at all.

[Brutton]

One problem I see with same day qualifying is, since we no longer employ spare cars, if someone crashes the car in qualifying, they may well end up DNS for the race if they can't fix it in time... seems a bit harsh, at least with the "franchise" system of 24 cars. If we had 30+ cars trying to qualify for 26 spots, then I'd maybe not mind so much, but losing a car or 2 of the grid of 24 from the get-go would be less than ideal.

[CathBraun]

I have to work one Saturday in 4 so moving Quali to Sunday mourning would have it's advantages but I'd still prefer Qualifying to take place on the saturday.

The 2 day format may work if there were 2 practice sesssions before quali on Saturday with teams able to enter a 3rd car in practice.

[lapyignipinge]

Might I suggest everyone think it through.
At almost, if not all, there are support races. In Europe GP2 and 3. Just because they are not telivised does not mean there is not something for people at the track who have paid big bucks to see the happening.
Then at track X where the race is happening for the first time the Sat. practice is rained out.
Qualifying starts Sunday with no one ever have been on track before. No real idea of tire wear, fuel consumption except from the computer, assuming the programming was right.
Maybe some of you want to see that kind of chaos but I don't.

[truck]

Absolutely no chance! Would lose BILLIONS in TV time as the difference in time (10am to 2pm) between Quali and Race would exclude different world-wide markets.

I love the current format in just about everything. Only thing I'd change is the no re-fueling. I loved re-fueling.

[Kneeniasy]

Might I suggest everyone think it through.
At almost, if not all, there are support races. In Europe GP2 and 3. Just because they are not telivised does not mean there is not something for people at the track who have paid big bucks to see the happening.

This was my main thought. I love seeing the support races and with a 2-day format it would just be ridiculous. F1 is already a big circus but it doesn't need encouraging!

[SeftyJokipl]

I would like tests om mondays to, and, no cutting or the race weekends, I prefer them extended.

[lapyignipinge]

Again think it through.
Test on Monday. That is assuming you do not have a crashed car to repair.
At best it needs hours of work after a race and likely an engine change.
Next race might be next weekend and hundreds of miles away and practice starts on Fri.
Almost impossible logistics plus totally wiped out mechanics.
If a car breaks or crashes on the Monday and has to be on track on Fri. hundreds of miles away when does it get fixed?
It is bad enough now.
I have been there and it ain't effing fun.
Leave right after a race on Sunday night late after packing up still filthy and stinking. Drive till 1 or 2 am. Crash at a 2 bit motel along with other teams. Hot water runs out before everyone gets a very needed shower. Only food day old sandwiches. Up at 5 or 6 am and start driving. About 8 maybe find some greasy truck stop open to get something to eat. Lunch break maybe or maybe not. Depending on time maybe just take out coffee and a crappy pre made sandwhich.
Stop somewhere about 7 or 8 and hope to get some sleep after maybe a good meal or maybe not. Possibly a decent shower if you have enough energy and a semi decent hotel/motel.
Sometime very late Tues. or maybe early Wed. arrive at next track. Even if no problems car needs total overhaul before going on track first thing Fri.
And you want to move everything 24 hours later?
These freaking cars do not magically fix themselves.
After races two weeks in a row hundreds of miles apart I have been a walking zombie by Sunday night.
Party? All I wanted to do was sleep in a real bed after a decent shower or better yet a long hot bath. Even food was secondary.
Geez isn't glamourous to be a professional racing mechanic and travel all over the world.
I lasted 7 years before I burned out. After 3 years went back and lasted 6 months.
Then did 10 years in non pro racing and quit when my driver did. We got married a year later.
Just the same it was fun much of the time but glamourous it ain't!
The pit popsies are not interested in the mechanics. Well there are exceptions if you are not too beat.

[larentont]

I think Sunday morning warm-up would be a big hit for race day fans. It means the grand prix weekend gets filled out with something valuable, rather than totally abhorrent celebrity driver races.

[soineeLom]

Formula 1 teams are considering ways to revamp race weekends to try and make them more attractive for fans - and have even discussed the prospect of reducing them to two-day events. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/87441

[newwebstar]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/87441

Told you so!

I should be a marketing man for F1.

[famosetroie]

Told you so!

I should be a marketing man for F1.

think it [two-day format] worked well in difficult conditions in Japan, but what could be looked at perhaps is to condense Friday.
Nothing has been said about Qualifying on Sundays.

You can't change how things are, quali on saturday, race on sunday. That is how it is for almost every racing series in the world. IT will NOT change in the foreseeable future.

GP2 has quali on firday, and races over the weekend. How would changes to F1 effect this? Kill it off?

Will F1 Teams abandon the current practice sessions to when there is already no testing anyway? Will the driver be happy pulling 200 laps on raceday?

If there is an incident, will teams be able to recover in 4-5 hours as opposed to a day?

If there is a warmup session and something happens, driver out of the race.

F1 has coverage and viewer-ship because the main show is short and decisive. Maybe you watch practice sessions, I personally don't. I care about race and qualifying, and I think there are many people on the same boat as me.
There are even more people who only care about the race.

It would work well if there were

[orillaVar]

Not so great for the fans who have gone to the circuit to watch IMO.

[LarryRda]

Radcial proposal, but how about we leave things as they are? Seems to work ok.

[DoctorGordanBens]

Radcial proposal, but how about we leave things as they are? Seems to work ok.

Enough of this out of the box thinking. We can't keep up.