Comments on: Debate: Are some starting grids unfair?

By: Pingguest

Pingguest — Sun, 25 May 2008 10:34:42 +0000

A better solution would be the return of the pre-race warming up. Before the post-qualifying parc fermé was introduced drivers could ‘clean’ the dirt side by driver over it.

By: Number 38

Number 38 — Wed, 14 May 2008 05:13:36 +0000

Spot on ‘bowks’ …. if I had said that they’d throw a
handful of the clack I just swept up at me! Me thinks some are pampering their favorites or at least the front runners. The clean side/dirty side doesn’t mean diddily to the car gridded 14th !!!!! And read the title of this thread….. SOME grids …….that’s all we need is a new rule that works in one place and screws up another, that’s FIA thinking! This is not a problem, we ought to be resolving the safety car issues.

By: Bowks

Bowks — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:46:46 +0000

I don’t see why anything should change. Sounds like most of the “fans” want to pamper their favorite drivers. Ah, bless them.
Each race weekend usually has support races, should the grid be cleaned for all of those also?
Plus, if you clean the grid area that puts the guys at the front of the grid at a disadvantage anyway as they will leave the grid area soonest and be on a dirty track.
This is all part of racing, how many times do we hear F1 drivers commenting on the track having to “rubber in” again after a touring car or GP2 race that was run before qualifying?
Honestly, it ain’t broke and nothing needs fixing. If anything it mixes it all up, gets faster drivers out of position so you can see what they are made of.

By: michael counsell

michael counsell — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:04:57 +0000

Its unlucky but maybe they should arrange the grid more evenly like in Imola to take account of the curving straight.

By: chunter

chunter — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:26:22 +0000

I prefer the standing start to the rolling start simply because it takes skill to get a car adequately brought to speed.

I think the simple solution is to give the driver that qualifies second the right to defer his grid spot and take the third position, forcing the person from third up to second, and so on as they go down the grid as necessary, as if you are qualifying for grid position -choice- instead of grid positions themselves.

By: Santiago

Santiago — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:20:34 +0000

Very clear to me. Last weekend was very unfair to the even drivers, see that Massa-Hamilton-Kubica-Alonso start is quite clear of what we are talking about. See that 2º was 5th after two corners and then 18th, 4th was 6th, and 6th went to seven.

Cleaning to level both parts of the grid should be allowed if at least one of the teams asks for it. And by the way a veto vote is not allowed.

By: Number 38

Number 38 — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:07:12 +0000

37 comments above …… no one reads this far ……
Standing starts are traditional to F1. We can’t give them up because of some ‘clack’ at turn one. I can get a big road sweeper from a NASCAR friend and we’ll sweep turn one first thing Sunday morning. How simple can it get?

By: milos

milos — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:31:11 +0000

@ Fred B – the dirty side (with rubber) is actually the clean side, so it is all about cleaning the clean side and make it dirty

By: Brar Soler

Brar Soler — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:59:59 +0000

DG.
I hate Mosley “Ferboten” rules. I prefer your idea then the law that compel to tyres changes, refuel and many others sport-technical “Over-rules”.

Wilgus. The Vaccum cleaner seems to be a simple and good solution. The truck may be complicated to transport all over the world, but a vaccum towed modulus could be standard.

By: TommyB

TommyB — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:37:05 +0000

I just think its part of racing, if everyone stayed in the same place at the start the rest of the race is often boring