I think in this case the drivers complaints have some merits. In the older formats with 24 or 26 cars on track there was more time. Now you will have just 20 minutes for a a full field qualifying which gives each of the guys 200 m of track if they are all out there. It sounds pretty impossible. You can just hope that the faster guys in Q1 will wait 10 minutes and have just one stint with one flying lap. If it stays dry I guess it will remain manageable but in the wet chaos will rain.andrew wrote:I don't really see what some of the drivers are complaining about. There have been more than 24 cars on the track in Monaco before and they managed then. Part of the skill at tracks like Monaco in the old (proper) qualifying session of 12 laps over an hour was getting your timing right so you got a relatively clear lap.
On the other hand it would be hard to split the field if the conditions are variable. You cannot compare the times between the two segments and it would always be unfair somehow.