I find it interesting how short a memory race fans have..........how many championships did Schumacher have?
That's been a long-running issue in F1 for maybe 20 years and it's why the drag reduction system was introduced to make passing more possible. I'm old enough I can remember in the start of the turbo era when an evil-handling but quick-in-a-straight-line turbo car would get in front of some non-turbo cars and then they would be stuck behind it for literally the whole race. But it's partly the result of the standing start system used in most international racing - the gains or losses from a good or bad start tend to exceed anything a driver can do later. Going to a US-style rolling start would be a step too far towards entertainment rather than pure racing in the eyes of most international drivers - F1 (and all the minor international formulae) has always had standing starts, so that's the way it stays.
Maybe they should toss a coin after qualifying is complete to decide to invert the field or not. Also give points from qualifying results and fastest lap.
The BTCC has a three race weekend..........qually determines race starts for the first race, fastest lap determines the second race, and the third race is an inverted start based on a random drawing. Some combination would be fun to see AND add points for pole and fast laps.
Which turned out to be not quite random enough - celebrities were invited to pick a numbered ball (like a lottery) to decide at what point between fifth and tenth place the grid was reversed and it turned out that their choices weren't always perfectly random, so now the boss of the series organiser does the pick! This is also mixed with F1-style compulsory use of two tyre compounds in different races (team's choice), so it does produce some odd racing with drivers in the mid-pack on their soft tyres slowing up traffic early in the race to give themselves a bit of clear track in which to set a banzai lap before their soft tyres go off. WTCC (World Touring Cars) uses a fixed grid reversal for race two at place 10, so there is a certain amount of brinkmanship amongst drivers who can't win pole (for race 1) to try to get place 10, so pole for race 2. Of course if someone else then squeezes into place 10, they get pushed to place 11 and start there for both races (only the first 10 grid places are reversed).
Man I love the BTCC. Hard close racing at its best. WTCC is good too. I think trying to place 10th for the inverted grid in race 2 may be harder than going for the pole for race 1.
Here's an interesting story about a brief period when Ferrari raced in F1 in blue and white rather than red. Enzo threw a tantrum and briefly abandoned the Ferrari red livery (though at the time he claimed it was for good). Do you remember...when Ferrari raced in blue
Haas say they're going to announce their other driver this weekend at the GP in Mexico. Any guesses who it will be?
They're announcing in Mexico because it'll be this guy...right? [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsAWxk3qWYo"]Mexican GP - A thrilling debut - YouTube[/ame]
Here's one downside to a wet GP. If you watched it from home you probably thought it was the best race of the season. United States GP financially devastating for organiser (grandprix247.com)
Yeah, I heard they gave free Sunday Tix to anyone who bought a Sat ticket and was locked out. Still props to them for managing to get the race run at all, let alone on time. Next year it will be nicer weather...... I expect the combo of the rain and the Mexican race one week later kept the Mexican fans home, for their own race. Still, Mexico city is a long way from Austin.....