Money has always determined the seats. Niki Lauda for instance bought himself a seat. Every driver is a pay driver of sorts. Be it personal capital or sponsorship money.
Yup. Stroll takes out 1 car, same penalty as a Mercedes taking out 5 cars. Mercedes getting all the assistance they need from the stewards last couple races.
Bottas just secured his seat for next season. Taking out 2 Red Bulls in one go, handing Ramilton and Mercedes the championship lead, ending Norris' point score run, Wolff will be pleased.
The season effectively starts over in Spa with 6 points between them.
Yeah things are not looking good at the moment. Best case scenario is Max finishes second today. Ramilton is out of reach. If Karma is a thing Ramilton will DNF, but we're not gonna be that lucky.
They need to tweak it a bit.
Friday: P1 and P2
Saturday: Qualifying and Sprint
Sunday: race
Sprint I'd do half race distance, 1 pit stop required, points for top 6 drivers, old point system.
10, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1.
They got the order of the sessions wrong imo. Practice one, qualifying, practice two, sprint race.
Why not keep Friday as is, two practice sessions, then qualifying instead of practice three, sprint race where qualifying used to be, then race on Sunday.