At least the exercises in the classical sense, which Liberty Media wants to radically transform, and will do. We will soon not even recognize this sport, but we have to "keep up with the times"...
In this spirit, they are destroying all traditions that are good for something, the tracks that are the genome of Formula 1 are threatened with being dropped from the racing calendar, and now free practice can come. The board led by Stefano Domenicali (my God, how much better was the era led by Bernie Ecclestone) would dress the stages known so far as free practice in a new format, and in such a way that there is something at stake. For everyone! Many solutions are possible, whether they would distribute points during practice, or the position achieved there would have an impact on qualification.
"Surely it's enough for the paying spectators who come to watch the cars just circling around preparing for qualifying and the race on Fridays? Is that really what they want, is that what we want to see for our money? My personal desire and vision is that every time we see cars and drivers on the tracks, there should be something at stake, that they should be fighting for something. After all, that's what motor racing is about, that's the nature of the sport. And that's what the drivers are like, because they always want to win, they always want to be first, so this is the goal we should set for ourselves in the future." - stated Domenicali. GREAT….
