Hey there,
2023 season has ended and we are approaching season 2024. @ScarDuck14 has already opened a new thread regarding the new season.
See you there!
@TotosHeadphones wrote:
I think most fans want Sprint races ended but I was reading that the FIA will continue to run with them because it apparently nets them extra money; Teams pay an entrance fee based on points gained in previous season. With the addition of sprint races, that's more points attained, thus more money for the FIA. Allegedly...
From what I felt from the public at Interlagos last weekend, the acceptance is alright with the sprints, Toto. And, in fact, it brings some action to the friday. I read that FIA is proposing a different model for next year's sprint weekends.
Friday morning: FP / Friday afternoon: Sprint Qualifying.
Saturday morning: Sprint Race / Saturday afternoon: Full-Race Qualifying.
Sunday afternoon: Full-Race.
I think this suits better but I'd like two little extra tweaks: an extended FP so the teams could better setup the cars and "parc ouvré" after the Sprint Race so the teams also can work more on the cars.
MotoGP went wild with the sprint races this year and ran them in every race weekend. And yes, it worked beautifully to the championship that otherwise would be dominated by Peco Bagnaia and his Ducatti.
I wish they would stop sprint races all together, leave them to the junior categories. I work shifts, struggle to see all the races. With the sprints, missing even more of the action. If you look at what happens on a Sat in Sprint and then on Sun in normal race, carbon copy, so does it really add more excitement? Not in my book. But, cancelling, not going to happen as it fills F1 pockets.
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Yeah, this is never going to happen but I'd like to see some numbers on the Sprint concept as a whole. Not the current format as that is pretty much a work in progress, but would love a good poll on public opinion.
There are definitely some duds, tracks that there should never ever been even considered to host a sprint weekend - e.g. Baku. But I've mellowed out and came to really like sprints like those we've been having at Interlagos, Austria and Spa.
It is not unanimous among drivers, and my hunch is that the public is warming up to the idea.
Goes without saying - actually, it's a implicit clause in what I said above - but there's obviously a balance to be achieved, it cannot be on every race, and the format needs some working. But I'm liking it more often than not.
@P4st3l1ak well, that is not a factor that directly detracts from one's enjoyment of a F1 sprint weekend per se, is it? 🙃
Besides that, there are other satellite events orbiting around a F1 Sprint Weekend even now. We had a Porsche Cup alongside the F1 Sao Paulo GP.
Edit: to be clear, I'm not completely dismissing the argument. I acknowledge that there's an indirect impact to F1 in the long run by potentially hurting feeder series. My point is just that:
@mariohomoh wrote:There are definitely some duds, tracks that there should never ever been even considered to host a sprint weekend - e.g. Baku. But I've mellowed out and came to really like sprints like those we've been having at Interlagos, Austria and Spa.
Sorry insisting on MotoGp sprints but they really worked over there and I caught myself thinking on why do sprints work for them? I guess it's because the field is compacted, rarely we get +1.0 sec gap between riders or groups of them.
Obviously that doesn't carry over to F1 but when you wrote about Interlagos, Spielberg and Spa some thoughts came to my mind:
+ Interlagos and Spielberg are short tracks so the feeling of a spread field takes some more laps to hit in.
+ However the longest track, Spa have plenty of turns and overtake opportunities.
+ Monza, Losail and Baku (forgot any?) neither are short or have plenty overtake points - so no compacted field, no overtaking, no engaging.
These certainly have been thought by them already and most certainly there's much more going when negotiating a sprint race for any venue.
But as much as you, I'm increasingly liking the sprint races.
(And let's not talk about reverse grid, deal?)
@mariohomoh
Yes, I get it but I enjoy junior series as they are often more fun than main F1 event 😉
But instead of excessive Sprints, I'd rather like to see quali format used in Formula E. And that reversed DRS 😉
UPDATE:
And I would also appreciate these options in F1 games, too. It's a game so it should have some unrealistic options available, just for fun of it.
It would make the career mode more enjoyable because you could create variations each season.
Sticking to F1 IRL is OK but they don't bring many improvements in career mode to attract gamers.
