(07-09-2019, 04:18 PM)PaddyB Wrote: If they cant play nicely together then perhaps the quali format should change so that in q3 each driver is given one or two clean attempts with a track of their own, with no help or multiple lap tyre warming etc, just one outlap, one quali and one in lap. Only let the inlap and outlap ever share the track. Would also stop one drivers yellow flag from ruining other drivers laps.
I am quite miffed about this as quali is often the highlight of the weekend....
Normally I quite like the quali format, though I can see what you mean, but I quite enjoyed watching some of the most intelligent men in sport making such a dumb mistake, large portion of humble pie dished out to those with big egos made me smile.
Looking forward to see what the Stewards make of this.
Lewis agrees with you PaddyB
Hamilton, who missed an attempt to try to knock Charles Leclerc off pole position, labelled the situation "dangerous" - just a week on from making a similar remark in Belgium when drivers also deliberately slowed down to better get a slipstream.
The world champion suggested that only an accident would prompt action for change.
Asked if there was a risk of the situation being repeated again, Hamilton said: "I am sure it is going to be continue, as positioning is key.
"If everyone is going out so late it will continue to be an issue in places where you particularly need a tow. It won't be until someone crashes that they will change."
One suggestion Hamilton did have to sort the matter would be introduce a different qualifying format for venues where the tow was so extreme.
"When a man holds you round the throat, I don't think he has come to apologise"
Ayrton Senna on Nigel Mansell, SPA 1987.