Comments on: Why Not a Flexible Calendar? http://www.formula1latest.com/2007/03/29/why-not-a-flexible-calendar/ Formula 1 Motor Racing News and Views Sat, 08 Dec 2007 16:50:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Clive http://www.formula1latest.com/2007/03/29/why-not-a-flexible-calendar/comment-page-1/#comment-1780 Clive Sat, 07 Apr 2007 01:52:19 +0000 http://www.formula1latest.com/2007/03/29/why-not-a-flexible-calendar/#comment-1780 Ah, I see what you mean, Nathan. That would be some compensation for the teams losing all other tests but wouldn't leave them much time to fix anything that was wrong. But I suppose everyone would be in the same boat on that score. Some sort of combination would probably be best - a reduced number of in-season tests combined with all-day Friday testing would work well enough, I think. Ah, I see what you mean, Nathan. That would be some compensation for the teams losing all other tests but wouldn’t leave them much time to fix anything that was wrong. But I suppose everyone would be in the same boat on that score. Some sort of combination would probably be best – a reduced number of in-season tests combined with all-day Friday testing would work well enough, I think.

]]> By: Nathan Jones http://www.formula1latest.com/2007/03/29/why-not-a-flexible-calendar/comment-page-1/#comment-1778 Nathan Jones Sat, 07 Apr 2007 01:27:19 +0000 http://www.formula1latest.com/2007/03/29/why-not-a-flexible-calendar/#comment-1778 i said do away with in-season testing as in private testing, just have the friday as an official test day for the entire day! i said do away with in-season testing as in private testing, just have the friday as an official test day for the entire day!

]]> By: Clive http://www.formula1latest.com/2007/03/29/why-not-a-flexible-calendar/comment-page-1/#comment-1729 Clive Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:17:59 +0000 http://www.formula1latest.com/2007/03/29/why-not-a-flexible-calendar/#comment-1729 I echo your sentiments exactly, David - give us quality, not quantity. Unfortunately, you have hit the nail on the head when you say that GPs are for sale to the highest bidder and that will remain so as long as Mr Ecclestone is in charge of who gets one. He sees his job as making sure that F1 wrings the maximum of income from its popularity and he is very good at that - witness his own fortune. My suggestion is made in the light of that reality. There is a lot of pressure for F1 to increase the number of races and Bernie has already said that he wants to take the total to twenty per season. And Bernie usually gets what he wants, so my hope is that they will consider a system such as my suggestion, rather than just increase the number of races and let happen what may. The whole point of suggesting the "optional" races is to make sure that we don't lose the good races when making way for the new and untried ones. I echo your sentiments exactly, David – give us quality, not quantity. Unfortunately, you have hit the nail on the head when you say that GPs are for sale to the highest bidder and that will remain so as long as Mr Ecclestone is in charge of who gets one. He sees his job as making sure that F1 wrings the maximum of income from its popularity and he is very good at that – witness his own fortune.

My suggestion is made in the light of that reality. There is a lot of pressure for F1 to increase the number of races and Bernie has already said that he wants to take the total to twenty per season. And Bernie usually gets what he wants, so my hope is that they will consider a system such as my suggestion, rather than just increase the number of races and let happen what may. The whole point of suggesting the “optional” races is to make sure that we don’t lose the good races when making way for the new and untried ones.

]]> By: David http://www.formula1latest.com/2007/03/29/why-not-a-flexible-calendar/comment-page-1/#comment-1728 David Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:53:48 +0000 http://www.formula1latest.com/2007/03/29/why-not-a-flexible-calendar/#comment-1728 Perhaps a belated plea from what increasingly appears to be the minority camp, who believe that a maximum of 18 “quality” races per season is about all the sport can produce if the “pinnacle of motor racing” label is to be maintained. Some of the suggested new venues, at the loss of our more treasured established tracks, suggests that the label is for sale to the highest bidder, meanwhile ignoring the factors that bought F1 to where it is today. Mansions over three bedroom bungalows - Ferrari over Ford - Brooks Brothers over Sears - Champagne over beer. A steadily increasing number of us can no longer afford the exclusive over the practical. While admittedly F1 does have a few problems, it still gives us the opportunity to join the elite on occasion ... if only via the fantasy of T.V. Please, don’t take that away from us too. Perhaps a belated plea from what increasingly appears to be the minority camp, who believe that a maximum of 18 “quality” races per season is about all the sport can produce if the “pinnacle of motor racing” label is to be maintained. Some of the suggested new venues, at the loss of our more treasured established tracks, suggests that the label is for sale to the highest bidder, meanwhile ignoring the factors that bought F1 to where it is today.

Mansions over three bedroom bungalows – Ferrari over Ford – Brooks Brothers over Sears – Champagne over beer. A steadily increasing number of us can no longer afford the exclusive over the practical. While admittedly F1 does have a few problems, it still gives us the opportunity to join the elite on occasion … if only via the fantasy of T.V. Please, don’t take that away from us too.

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