Bojan Vrbnjak
If every racer had it at his disposal just one round, in which he must achieve best time, then what we experienced in qualifying in Monza, would not happen. On Saturday afternoon, they talked about it comedy and chaos many protagonists responded because in the last attempt the third part of the qualifications the top ten were so hesitant that they missed out on their second quick lap. They also responded accordingly viewers. He quickly questioned himself current qualifications model. "In any case, this creates a topic for discussion. Because it hurts Formula 1, the teams and also the racers,”He explained Toto wolff, team boss Mercedes. So what to do? Robert Kubica has a suggestion: “Let's do it the way it was before. Let each ride only one lap."
This is v Formulas 1 already existed a good decade ago, but they are a model individual rides on time abolished after only three seasons. Let’s refresh our memory: An individual time trial was introduced for 2003 season namely instead one-hour qualifications, where each racer had at his disposal 12 rounds. Even then, they are mostly top teams they waited a long time before even heading to the track. New qualification format supposed to provide more action on the track, in addition to smaller teams more attention on television. This plan came out at first. But: formula 1 she had trouble finding it perfect mode. Once, the racers went to the first of two runs after in the order of the championship, and the second after classification on previous race, third s amount of fuel for the race, fourth s empty tanks, the sixth time was valid only each time fastest time, for the seventh time they combined time from both experiments. And the end of the year 2005 concluded "successful”Story.
All Kubica individual time runs would not be introduced for the whole season, but only for selected races. "I would in any case introduce this for Monza,”So Polish. That would close the door I play with the breeze on qualifications. “And for the fans, that would be something different,”Adds Kubica and adds:“Of course, it is clear to me that it is not so easy to change the rules, but that would be one of the solutions. Everyone will form their own opinion, but Monza is, in my opinion, the only extreme case. On other trails, no wind is so necessary,”Explained the team racer Williams.
On the other hand Toto wolff, team boss Mercedes, warns against quick conclusions. “Fans and TV stations inform us that the current qualification format is tense enough. However, we also realized that on the tracks, where the wind plays an important role, such bizarre things happen in the form of slow driving.“Does that speak to an individual time trial? Wolff here he adds: “I personally would introduce a super-pole mode. I would like that in GT races, in touring cars. Because it’s very exciting to follow only one race car in a whole lap. But this mode takes more time."
Still, it is Wolff ready for possible debates. “I am very open here. Personally, I like both formats." Austrian however, it can also draw something useful from the farce of the last part of the qualifications at Monza. “I like this because we now have a debate and I support different approaches. On the other hand, we should stick to what we have. Drive units are being leveled, and equality between teams is increasing," so Wolff, which emphasizes that you are Formula 1 it would do no good to set the rules upside down now. Still in the paddock Formula 1 there is unity in that qualifications in Monza they were not a good advertisement for the royal class of motorsport. Kubica he summed it up in one sentence: “That was just stupid."
