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Why? This looks like that year with the double points in the last race. What's next? Fan boost? I thought that Liberty didn't wanted to introduce any gimmiks.
I like it ! This might induce some drama and not just among the top teams.
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what if a driver outside the top10 result does the fastest lap (by accident lol) ?
No point given?
Point given for the fastest lap inside Top 10 (that is not the fasted lap of the race! )?
Imagine No point is given:
BOT is outside top ten because of whatever ... VET has the fasted lap by a margin, HAM cannot get it from him on his old tyres.
BOT will not get points anyway.... Merc call him in again for fresh tyres and steal the fasted lap point from VET... (BOT wont get a point but also not VET in this case).
So will they give a point for the factual fasted lap of the Top 10 finish result?
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Love the idea. But change is hard. I always enjoyed when Vettel (whom I hated at the time cause he was winning all the time) would try to do the fastest lap even tho he had secured a good first place lead and his engineers begged him not to. I am really curious to see the drivers banging some fast laps in the end of the race. I wonder if this will mean that we will see many fast lap records being broken this year.
what if a driver outside the top10 result does the fastest lap (by accident lol) ?
No point given?
Point given for the fastest lap inside Top 10 (that is not the fasted lap of the race! )?
Imagine No point is given:
BOT is outside top ten because of whatever ... VET has the fasted lap by a margin, HAM cannot get it from him on his old tyres.
BOT will not get points anyway.... Merc call him in again for fresh tyres and steal the fasted lap from VET...
Like FE it's given for the fastest lap of a top-10 finisher.
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what if a driver outside the top10 result does the fastest lap (by accident lol) ?
No point given?
Point given for the fastest lap inside Top 10 (that is not the fasted lap of the race! )?
Imagine No point is given:
BOT is outside top ten because of whatever ... VET has the fasted lap by a margin, HAM cannot get it from him on his old tyres.
BOT will not get points anyway.... Merc call him in again for fresh tyres and steal the fasted lap from VET...
Like FE it's given for the fastest lap of a top-10 finisher.
I thought in FE it doesn't matter where you finish...
Finishing races is important, but racing is more important.
so if there is still that 60 seconds gap between top six and seven, first no six will come in with 6 laps to go for the softest tire, then number 5 the following lap and on and on... Don't know if they thought about this... in FE you don't have tire changes...
so if there is still that 60 seconds gap between top six and seven, first no six will come in with 6 laps to go for the softest tire, then number 5 the following lap and on and on... Don't know if they thought about this... in FE you don't have tire changes...
Great, late drama - pressure on the pit crew, stressing the car, keeping the driver on their toes.
They surely did not think this through fully. Why are we only hearing about this a week before the race? Team strategists will pick this apart immediately and very likely nullify any intended entertainment value.
One is reminded of the ill fated qualy format changes from 2016.
