The teams need your opinion on Qualifying 2006

By Nick Sparkes
July 15 2005

Toyota and the rest of the Formula One teams have come up with two "exciting proposals" for Qualifying in 2006. They need your vote to decide on a possible format for next season, and aim to scrap the current single lap Qualifying which has become a bit of a bore in recent years.

The two formats have been formed by all the teams and now they need YOU to decide which is the best. The two proposals are as follows:

Proposal 1:
- 60-minute session, split into two 25-minute ‘halves’ with a 10-minute break.
- drivers may run as many laps as they wish, but must set a time in each half.
- each driver’s best times from the first half is added to his best time from the second half to produce a final time to determine the grid.
- no fuel restrictions - cars may refuel during and after the session.

Proposal 2:
- 60-minute session.
- after 15 minutes, the five slowest cars must retire from the session and will qualify 16th to 20th on the grid.
- after a further 15 minutes, the five cars slowest during that period (times cannot be carried over from the first 15 minutes) must also retire from the session. They will qualify 11th to 15th on the grid.
- for the final 30 minutes the remaining 10 cars will compete for first to tenth place on the grid, based on the best times set in that period (times cannot be carried over from the first 30 minutes).
- drivers may run as many laps as they wish in each period.
- no fuel restrictions - cars may refuel during and after the session.

Vote for the one you like by visiting the Official Formula One website: http://www.formula1.com/news/3312.html#