Comments on: F1 2010 rules: A return to proper qualifying and real Grand Prix racing

By: dlaird

dlaird — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:44:36 +0000

Thank god for the refuelling ban. It seems F1 is returning back to its roots of more exciting racing. I was so sick of “fuel strategy” playing a major part in the GP weekend. Now it will be more about who can manage the car better through a long race. Thats the way it should be. If you look back when there was no refueling (Mansell, Senna years) the racing was more exciting. It was more about the driver and car. Just can’t believe it took this long to ban refueling. Its going to be an interesting season8)

By: Younger Hamilton

Younger Hamilton — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:18:38 +0000

i cant wait for 2010 f1 season New Teams New Drivers and Refuelling is gone so as Wheel Covers are set to be banned means quicker Pit Stops and a Reduce in Costs.A Possible Return for Schumi to f1 to Mercedes GP is taking ups and Downs and we look forward to an all English Line up as well in Mclaren im ok with it really. Narrower Front Tyres !!! Bruno Senna to bring back the senna name to f1 for the First time since his late Uncle Died (Ayrton Senna) that was sad i was guttered when i knew which was this year coz i started watching f1 this season

By: ABG

ABG — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:00:37 +0000

To me its about the Driver and his skill ,, same for about 90% of the ppl watching F1

Like it or not ppl love their Heroes,,,

Its the human factor (the driver i mean) which interests audiences not anything else… ppl love drivers more than the team or their strategies…

By: ABG

ABG — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:57:12 +0000

True ,,, i feel that Michael Schumacher became a 7 time WDC solely on pit stop strategies ..

Ban those and we see who is the fastest which we all want to know …

Right now can you seriously compare two top drivers on skill… Get eth pit stop strategies out of the picture and only the driver+car remain.. Great !!

By: Pingguest

Pingguest — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:28:46 +0000

The post-qualifying parc fermé is to stay. I don’t see why proper qualifying would return.

By: manatcna

manatcna — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:31:49 +0000

Well, let’s hope we see cars run out of fuel on their last lap. Anybody know when that last happened?

As someone said, there are clever people behind the scenes, but nobody’s perfect.

And another thing – I don’t think drivers should be classified if their car is parked out on the track somewhere.

By: Paige Michael-Shetley

Paige Michael-Shetley — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:42:37 +0000

I like the refueling ban, but it should be accompanied by an end to the freeze on engine development. One of the great features of F1 is that it has in the past been a breeding ground for road car technology, and a refueling provides an excellent opportunity for teams to work in the area of fuel mileage if they can develop their engines.

There are probably things that the teams can do now in just tuning their engines to save fuel, and they’ll definitely go in that direction. As we seen in the past, potential losses in horsepower due to downsizing the engine are more than offset by the effect of saving weight on lap times. Teams can run with lower fuel on more efficient engines and gain a performance advantage with lower fuel.

Of course, I’d like to see a removal of not only the engine development ban, but also a removal of the rev limit. (My ultimate pipe dream being a return to the V10.)

I wouldn’t mind F1 going back to the days of 2005 when tire changes were banned. The tires were harder, and it was tough challenge for the teams to get them to work properly as well as manage them. With a ban on tire changes and refueling, we could see pit-free races (barring mechanical issues), which would be just fine and dandy to me!

By: -A-

-A- — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:27:10 +0000

I see this as very good news. I always found the refueling arbitrary, ever since it was (re-)introduced in 1994. It’s great this also means there will be a no strings attached qualifying again.

By: garyc

garyc — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:45:22 +0000

Yes there was. For most of the 60′s and 70′s, tire changes and refuelling was permitted, but mostly not done, unless a tire was damaged or fuel consumption proved excessive. For the most part, it was game over if a driver had to pit. Also, the tires were hard as iron and would last forever.In the early 80′s when tire wars heated up, it was discovered that starting on soft tires and half distance fuel loads would beat hard tires and full tanks. Later refuelling was banned, but tire changes were hee to stay.

By: Pat

Pat — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:34:52 +0000

Does that fact that we are gonna get low fuel quali and no re-fuelling during the race mean that we may get Sunday Warm-up back ? Cos Parc Ferme for fuel will not be required – the engines per year rule means quali engines are out – so not sure why it can’t be brought back – much better value for money for ticket paying fans on a Sunday seeing them twice rather than just the Race and it gets bums on seats and in the gates earlier so the retailers/caterers/bars do a better trade which in turn benefits the circuits coffers and an extra 30 mins for those at home watching on TV which in turn makes the sponsors happy – can’t see an argument against it really ? ?