2003 F1 Changes
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2003 F1 Changes
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Rule changes to qualifying and points from 2003
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2002-10-28
The Formula One commission, comprised of teams, tyre and engine manufacturers and other officials, met in London today and have decided on major changes to qualifying sessions for future Grands Prix. The current system of a one hour session on Saturday has been scrapped and qualifying will now take part on both Friday and Saturday.
Drivers will have one flying lap each day and will take it in turns to go out on track for solo runs. The Driver's championship standings will dictate the order.
"Qualifying will be one flying lap with each car running one at a time," FIA president Max Mosley announced. "Running order will be that of the championship with the championship leader going out first. The running order on Saturday will be determined by the Friday's times, which do not count for the grid, with the fastest going out last. It will put a lot of pressure on each of them on one flying lap."
The points system, currently 10,6,4,3,2,1 for the top six, will be changed so that the top eight finishers will benefit. The race winner will still score ten points but from second place on down will be 8,6,5,4,3,2,1 -- the new system should keep the championship closer: "We are changing the points system that will have the effect of making it harder for a driver to win the championship easily," said Mosley.
Team orders will also be banned as much as they can be to rule out finishes such as Ferrari's staged one-two at Austria this year. Mosley is positive the ruling will be enforced: "If there is a suspicion we will be able to do something about it. Carry on with team orders, as we saw this year, is against the sport."
Also, tyre companies will now be able to custom make tyres for each team they supply to. Proposals such as driver-swapping and weight ballast were dismissed. Mosley hopes the new rulings will bring about changes: "It is a fine line between not doing anything and not doing too much," he said. "On balance, it seems what we are doing is likely to produce a significant change."
The other decision was that the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps has been axed from the 2003 calendar due to Belgian's new anti-tobacco laws. Teams came to the agreement that they did not want to run without tobacco sponsorship: "The teams have not agreed to run the event without tobacco advertising so this event has been removed from the calendar." Mosley confirmed.
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Rule changes to qualifying and points from 2003
F1
2002-10-28
The Formula One commission, comprised of teams, tyre and engine manufacturers and other officials, met in London today and have decided on major changes to qualifying sessions for future Grands Prix. The current system of a one hour session on Saturday has been scrapped and qualifying will now take part on both Friday and Saturday.
Drivers will have one flying lap each day and will take it in turns to go out on track for solo runs. The Driver's championship standings will dictate the order.
"Qualifying will be one flying lap with each car running one at a time," FIA president Max Mosley announced. "Running order will be that of the championship with the championship leader going out first. The running order on Saturday will be determined by the Friday's times, which do not count for the grid, with the fastest going out last. It will put a lot of pressure on each of them on one flying lap."
The points system, currently 10,6,4,3,2,1 for the top six, will be changed so that the top eight finishers will benefit. The race winner will still score ten points but from second place on down will be 8,6,5,4,3,2,1 -- the new system should keep the championship closer: "We are changing the points system that will have the effect of making it harder for a driver to win the championship easily," said Mosley.
Team orders will also be banned as much as they can be to rule out finishes such as Ferrari's staged one-two at Austria this year. Mosley is positive the ruling will be enforced: "If there is a suspicion we will be able to do something about it. Carry on with team orders, as we saw this year, is against the sport."
Also, tyre companies will now be able to custom make tyres for each team they supply to. Proposals such as driver-swapping and weight ballast were dismissed. Mosley hopes the new rulings will bring about changes: "It is a fine line between not doing anything and not doing too much," he said. "On balance, it seems what we are doing is likely to produce a significant change."
The other decision was that the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps has been axed from the 2003 calendar due to Belgian's new anti-tobacco laws. Teams came to the agreement that they did not want to run without tobacco sponsorship: "The teams have not agreed to run the event without tobacco advertising so this event has been removed from the calendar." Mosley confirmed.
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Everything else is good except the running order 
. It's going to take away the suprise factor to see who's going to be out next. It's going to back fire at them with TV rating at ultra high during the first 5 minutes and then ultra low after Michael is done. And in reverse the next day. Another thing that we're going to miss is strategy during qualifying, it's wonderful to see the Ferarri team always timing their drivers out during clear track.
. It's going to take away the suprise factor to see who's going to be out next. It's going to back fire at them with TV rating at ultra high during the first 5 minutes and then ultra low after Michael is done. And in reverse the next day. Another thing that we're going to miss is strategy during qualifying, it's wonderful to see the Ferarri team always timing their drivers out during clear track.
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No SPA??? That SUCKS!!!
I think that's complete bullshit that this PC crap of no cigarette advertising has gone this far. It's stupid enough to see Ferrari race cars with big white boxes covering the ads. What stupidity...
The change in points doesn't seem like a bad idea. I guess MS will win the Championship a little later in the season next year.
Otherwise, interesting changes...glad they didn't handicap the high performers. That would have sucked really bad.
I think that's complete bullshit that this PC crap of no cigarette advertising has gone this far. It's stupid enough to see Ferrari race cars with big white boxes covering the ads. What stupidity...
The change in points doesn't seem like a bad idea. I guess MS will win the Championship a little later in the season next year.
Otherwise, interesting changes...glad they didn't handicap the high performers. That would have sucked really bad.
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Spa is trying to get a 3 day moratorium on their cigarette ban so they can get back on the schedule.
I hope that the FIA doesn't change the points system on a regular basis. I'd hate to see something like NASCAR where finishing 5th every race will win the championship.
I hope that the FIA doesn't change the points system on a regular basis. I'd hate to see something like NASCAR where finishing 5th every race will win the championship.
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What's the deal with all of the other races that don't have tobacco sponsorship? F1 runs on many tracks that are nothing compared to Spa that don't allow tobacco. This is ridiculous. If the idiots running F1 are trying to get rid of all of their pesky fans, they're doing a good job.
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That's not what they put on the cars at events where advertising is not allowed. It's usually "Buzzin Hornets" or something original like that. It changes each time. I don't think the tobacco sponsorship thing is the real reason - just an excuse. There are many other events (and even more in the future) where it's not allowed.
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