Originally Posted by
Vaigra
If all three sessions are like the qualifying we used to have, where everybody came out together and raced each other, I look forward to it.
It's like the old qualifying, but the knock-out system ensures that there will be activity throughout the session instead of the last few minutes. The FIA should be commended for looking into changing what was generally accepted a boring situation (the one hour / 12 lap setup). They gave it a shot with the one-lap deal that looked good on paper because every competitor was given air-time, but was not particularly interesting because it's hard to distinguish a good lap from a bad one. This new setup could be very good with action the entire session and with only the ten fastest out in the last section there won't be the traffic complaints of the original setup.
If you should see a man walking down a crowded street talking aloud to himself, don't run in the opposite direction, but run towards him, because he's a poet. You have nothing to fear from the poet - but the truth.
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