[sherer]

a few other points going round in my mind about F1 at the moment

The session we see on ITV for qualifying doesn't decide the grid.. despite the fact that they have 3 channels we don't get to see the second session.. this will be confusing to the casual viewer..

when the did sho qualifying 2 they had already shown footage of the grid live and I had already seen a Spanish flag on pole and a german flag in second.. the footage I got of qualifying 2 was 5 seconds of the top 6-8 cars...

ITV aren't the only channel doing this so it's not all their fault but they do have the power to shcedule their 3 channels around showing f1

one of the advantages of single lap qualifying is each team gets gauranteed footage on TV.. great for the smaller teams.. with the way the footage is shown at the moment that isn't the case

all the talk about cost cutting and reducing testing won't have any affect.. even if the FIA bring in a rule then all the top teams will move the test budget to simulation running and wind tunnel work.. they won't save any money.. as the smaller teams won't be able to do simulation there will still be a big gap to them.. what the FIA needs to do is reduce testing, wind tunnel time and ban simulation.. plus any other avenues the test budget could be moved to this will then reduce costs rather than lead to the costs being used up elsewhere

the very rules of F1 are wrong.. 80-90 % of the car is designed for you bar the rules and then whoever has the best wind tunnel program \ tyres will win the races.. this needs to change as the smaller teams have no chance of doing anything on their budget and will always remain at the back.. they can't bring in a breakthrough in design that will give them a 2-3 second advantage with 80-90% of the car alerady designed before the season has started