Before doing the vote itself, let's sum up exactly what we will be voting about. As I remember from the top of my head, it is; track vote, date of last race, qual format, pit speed limiter, different track versions... was there anything else?
I'll write my interpetation of the choices/votes we have. Please correct me if I am mistaken anywhere. I'll update this first post when accepted suggestions and corrections are posted
Track vote:
This is the list I found when browsing through our discussions. Is there anything missing here, or some last minute suggestions? And are all the url's correct?
Paul Ricard - http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=15419
Watkins Glen - http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=14138
Imola - Ingame
Magny Cours - Ingame
A1 Ring - http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=7303
Estoril - Ingame
Dijon - http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=10543
Cicada - http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=35950
Date of last race:
The question is if we should move the last round from 19th to the 12th. of December
Qual format:
As I understand it there is no big movement go back to the old system with longer qual and shorter race. The suggestion here is to leave the super pole format to allow a second chance in qualify. This would mean qual would have to be approx. 5-7 min long (depending on track) and would not interfere with the rest of the schedule.
Pit Speed Limiter:
When the removal of the pit speed limit was introduced a couple of season ago it was seen as a "necessary evil" to obtain a format where a 2 stop strategy could be competitive with the 1 stop strategy. However, after it was implemented it seemed the majority liked the extra challenge of pitting very much.
I cannot remember if it was at the same time as the pit speed change, but when we introduced the 5 min super pole (it used to be 25 min normal qual) and (relevant to this issue) increased race length with 7-10 minutes this also worked in favor of two stops.
The result is that today a 2 stop is (I believe) always faster than a 1 stop, I would guess very roughly 10-15 sec slower or so. Re-introducing pit speed limit would in my opinion almost definitely bring the two strategies closer together in terms of race time.
Ironically enough we are now faced with the dilemma, should we accept the "necessary evil" of pit speed limit (seeing that so many enjoy having it off) to allow for closer ½ stop strategies?
Different track versions:
(I hope I was right to assume that Spa 2008 was clearly favored?) From my list it seems we are undecided on Hungary and Hockenheim. Is there an obvious answer to what version we should pick or should it be voted on?
Hungaroring
uploaded 2011:http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=33712
uploaded 2007:http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=7307
Hockenheim
1999 version: http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=12389
2004 version: http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=12596
I'll write my interpetation of the choices/votes we have. Please correct me if I am mistaken anywhere. I'll update this first post when accepted suggestions and corrections are posted
Track vote:
This is the list I found when browsing through our discussions. Is there anything missing here, or some last minute suggestions? And are all the url's correct?
Paul Ricard - http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=15419
Watkins Glen - http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=14138
Imola - Ingame
Magny Cours - Ingame
A1 Ring - http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=7303
Estoril - Ingame
Dijon - http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=10543
Cicada - http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=35950
Date of last race:
The question is if we should move the last round from 19th to the 12th. of December
Qual format:
As I understand it there is no big movement go back to the old system with longer qual and shorter race. The suggestion here is to leave the super pole format to allow a second chance in qualify. This would mean qual would have to be approx. 5-7 min long (depending on track) and would not interfere with the rest of the schedule.
Pit Speed Limiter:
When the removal of the pit speed limit was introduced a couple of season ago it was seen as a "necessary evil" to obtain a format where a 2 stop strategy could be competitive with the 1 stop strategy. However, after it was implemented it seemed the majority liked the extra challenge of pitting very much.
I cannot remember if it was at the same time as the pit speed change, but when we introduced the 5 min super pole (it used to be 25 min normal qual) and (relevant to this issue) increased race length with 7-10 minutes this also worked in favor of two stops.
The result is that today a 2 stop is (I believe) always faster than a 1 stop, I would guess very roughly 10-15 sec slower or so. Re-introducing pit speed limit would in my opinion almost definitely bring the two strategies closer together in terms of race time.
Ironically enough we are now faced with the dilemma, should we accept the "necessary evil" of pit speed limit (seeing that so many enjoy having it off) to allow for closer ½ stop strategies?
Different track versions:
(I hope I was right to assume that Spa 2008 was clearly favored?) From my list it seems we are undecided on Hungary and Hockenheim. Is there an obvious answer to what version we should pick or should it be voted on?
Hungaroring
uploaded 2011:http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=33712
uploaded 2007:http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=7307
Hockenheim
1999 version: http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=12389
2004 version: http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=12596