Parc Ferme from start of FP3 in 2015
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It also seems that it would make it more difficult for a team with a slow car at the start of the season to catch up as they will have less time to experiment with new parts.
fia.com said:
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The current restrictions to the parc fermé will now apply from the start of P3 instead of the start of qualifying
Not sure what the benefit is, but I suppose it's going to make running in FP3 fairly pointless.The current restrictions to the parc fermé will now apply from the start of P3 instead of the start of qualifying
It also seems that it would make it more difficult for a team with a slow car at the start of the season to catch up as they will have less time to experiment with new parts.
Edited by budgie smuggler on Friday 27th June 11:04
They just seem to be reducing the amount of testing, running and development options available to the teams year in year out. I assume this is about cost saving, but it must save pennies compared to the cost of these fancy new 'power units'. Honestly might as well just give every team one identical car and save on the pretense that the teams are allowed to develop their own cars.
I can't see the point of having FP3 if the teams aren't allowed to make setup changes?
I can't see the point of having FP3 if the teams aren't allowed to make setup changes?
thegreenhell said:
What happened to the proposed plan to only have one practice session on Friday, on the grounds of cost-cutting? If that went through as well then they'd only get one useful practice session per race weekend.
Unpopular with Bernie and circuits, punters pay for weekend tickets, what will they do on the Friday afternoon and Saturday ?Whilst on the surface this seems a bit weird I don't think it will make a whole lot of difference, reliability aside most drivers have a half decent setup come Saturday morning and probably have already done long stint simulations in FP2.
In FP3 they just do a little more long stint sims and maybe stick a set of options on just to make sure the conditions (track temp etc) aren't too far off the day before.
With this new rule they'll spend long in FP1 and 2 on setups and then leave all the sim stuff to FP3.
I do agree that it appears to be fixing what ain't broke though.
PF at the start of FP3 will just penalise the small teams a little bit more as quite often there are still set-up changes being made in FP3.
What it will lead to is a completely empty track for 58 minutes. Teams will complete their usual installation laps and checks, then park up until qualifying - unless the weather has changed dramatically since Friday and looks likely to continue through qualifying. FP3 temperatures are generally cooler than FP2/Qualifying and the tyre performance won't be representative.
What it will lead to is a completely empty track for 58 minutes. Teams will complete their usual installation laps and checks, then park up until qualifying - unless the weather has changed dramatically since Friday and looks likely to continue through qualifying. FP3 temperatures are generally cooler than FP2/Qualifying and the tyre performance won't be representative.
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