2023-04-26 08:15:00
Feedback on the new sprint format
Yesterday it was finally announced what the weekend in Formula 1 looks like when there is a sprint on Saturday. In just a few days we will see the new plan in Baku, which looks like this:
Freitag
Free practice (60 mins)
Qualifying for the race on Sunday
Saturday
Sprint Shootout (Q1: 12 min/medium tire, Q2: 10 min/medium tire, Q3: 8 min/soft tire)
Sprint race (17 laps or 60 min.)
Sunday
Main race (51 laps)
There was a wide range of feedback on social media. A lot of fans like that this Saturday shootout is here because it’s not an easy workout. Others think it’s boring just doing normal qualifying with a few minutes less.
You are welcome to send us your direct feedback via Twitter, Instagram or our contact form, just like Timo did.
He writes: “Regarding the “extended sprint”: can’t the teams also get bigger component problems? Qualifying has greater wear and tear than training (usually when you have to drive a lot of laps). In addition, there is a danger Yes, it’s also extremely big, for example throwing the car away in the sprint shotout and then missing the sprint. The same applies there to sprint accidents and main races.”
Well Timo, you have a good point there. It is not for nothing that the Formula 1 Commission yesterday also decided that combustion engines (ICE), MGU-Hs, MGU-Ks and turbochargers can be changed for a fourth time without penalty. I’m assuming that gets your point across as well, because it’s exactly how you describe it. As far as throwing away the car is concerned, you obviously have to appeal to the drivers to make their teams as little work as possible while still offering good racing.
Bin Sulayem and his critics
Mohammed bin Sulayem is not the undisputed FIA President, you might say that. The 61-year-old official from Dubai has had to endure a lot during his term of office, which has been running since December 2021.
Be it the critical statements made regarding women, which according to the FIA should no longer be his current views. Or the desire that drivers like Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel should take care of racing instead of carrying messages out into the world that have nothing to do with motorsport. On top of that, in the winter, he fumed regarding Saudi Arabia’s potential bid to buy Liberty Media’s Formula 1, for which he even received a cease-and-desist letter from Liberty’s lawyers.
I have summarized a small summary of the problems in a video that I would like to recommend to you once more today:
Kevin’s coffee break: F1 and FIA before split?
Mohammed Ben Sulayem wants to be a strong FIA President and is also publicly hard on the premium product F1. Is this the right way? More Formula 1 videos
FIA President under pressure?
Mohammed bin Sulayem has already been caught in the crosshairs of a sexism debate in recent months.
Old postings on his website have surfaced in which bin Sulayem wrote a few things from his heart that he didn’t like. Among other things, women have been part of these thoughts. “Women who think they are smarter than men are actually not,” he once wrote.
Already then there were first voices as to whether bin Sulayem was still acceptable as FIA President, who was also heavily criticized for other reasons.
The sexism debate might flare up once more now, because Shaila-Ann Rao, former interim general secretary of the FIA, accused bin Sulayem of sexist behavior in a letter before her departure. Rao was in office for six months.
Bin Sulayem praised Rao at the time, saying, “She was a great help to me. You might see how intelligent she is when it came to preparing important decisions for me.” Wasn’t it such a pleasant interpersonal situation for the two of them following all?
The FIA takes these allegations very seriously, as the “BBC” reports, and also follows the internal protocol, but has not yet found any breach of the organization’s code of ethics. No investigation is ongoing as no direct complaints once morest bin Sulayem have been received by the Senate and therefore no referral to the Ethics Committee of the FIA was made.
What is clear, however, is that Mohammed bin Sulayem will not calm down for the time being.
Last time X Wings
I love to reminisce, you know that by now.
The first #OnThisDay content comes from the 1998 San Marino Grand Prix at Imola. The race was actually quite unspectacular. David Coulthard was able to celebrate his fourth Grand Prix victory, ahead of Michael Schumacher and Eddie Irvine in the Ferrari.
But the biggest story back then was certainly the X-Wings, which Ferrari took over for the first and last time from Tyrrell, who had introduced this innovation back in 1997. After the race weekend in Imola, these were banned by the FIA.
More impressions of this not-so-beautiful wing construction can be found in the photo gallery!
Podiums in Formula 1
Before we talk regarding the allegations of sexism and potential investigations once morest FIA President Mohammed bin Sulayem in the course of the morning, let’s start the day with something easier.
Can you say off the top of your head which driver has how many podiums in the current Formula 1 driver field? And to make it even more interesting, which driver finished first, second or third and how often?
If not, the graphic below might help you. If so, then you are real experts and have my utmost respect!
It will start soon!
Hello, dear Formula 1 fans,
Soon the racing action will finally start once more. The Azerbaijan Grand Prix is casting its shadow, not only since the new sprint qualification was introduced yesterday. This Wednesday we will certainly also take care of the reactions to it in the Formula 1 live ticker. Kevin Cracks welcomes you warmly.
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Here is our ticker from yesterday to read once more!
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