Bojan Vrbnjak
Racing cars Formula 1 will be this year as part of the racing weekends less on the track. Because both Friday’s free practice sessions are shortened and will be instead twice for 90 minutes lasted only longer twice for one hour.
There are several reasons for this step. Ross Brawn, sports boss Formula 1, is confident that teams in 60 minutes they learn as much as in an hour and a half. S shortened training race car settings will be less complete. In less perfection leads to incalculable flows in qualifiers and races. Racers often do not go to the track because engineers believe that the conditions on the track are unfavorable. Ob shorter training they will not be able to afford it often. At the same time, there is a shortened Friday free practice transitional phase do two-day eventswhen it will be possible to train only in Saturday morning, the qualifiers are scheduled for the afternoon and the race on Sunday.
It's been quite a few years debates, also controversial, about whether racing format still in the spirit of today. Flavio Briatore, former team boss Benetton in Renault, said: “The races are too long. We could do two races and in the second we would have to start the first six in reverse order. During breaks, we could organize interviews with racers who could post live to their fans on social media. This would lead to greater popularity. The world is changing and if Formula 1 wants to survive, then it has to face scenarios that are not from the past. I see different things being tested. But none seem to have the right recipe for success. I think sport needs to become unpredictable. People need to develop a passion for Formula 1 because they have no idea what will happen next. A safety car often shuffles team plans and turns things upside down. Maybe we should introduce two or three phases of a safety car for each race."
Ross Brawn, sports boss Formula 1, to which he says: “I love the legacy of our sport. I believe 100 to 105 minutes is a healthy race duration. Most races take about that long. Of course, I also hear people arguing that we should shorten the races because the attention of the fans has been shortened. But I want to approach this in a different way. I want Formula 1 to be so attractive that people will stay glued to TV screens. There is no need to shorten the race time, we need to improve the spectacle."
Stefano domenicali, the new boss Formula 1, however, in the matter of the format of the race weekend to colleagues from Sky Sports F1 said: “We want to keep the format of the racing weekend in different ways. We are open to change, but only in agreement with the teams and after obtaining the expertise of various experts. If we change something, then we must be careful and confident in our purpose,”So Italian. The President FIA's Jean Todt however, he once stated: “Why not introduce a new racing weekend format? For the simple reason that we didn’t find anything better."
