What will be with 2020 season?

[Titch]

I wonder if the drivers are keeping fit during lockdown.

 

[olegg]

I wonder if the drivers are keeping fit during lockdown.

We'll be know it only after restart this season.

 

[Johnny Carwash]

Maybe just maybe the start of the season could be at the A1 ring.
Austria are lifting restrictions on outdoor sports starting from the beginning of May.

 

[F1Brits_90]

hopefully, I know that 1 sport will want to take advantage of the lack of sport.

also seems as if they are doing what we expected calendar being ripped up & new one made

https://twitter.com/x/status/1250751272984117250

 

[olegg]

F1 to publish “revised 2020 calendar”
2020 F1 calendar

Round	Race	Circuit	Date	Forum
1	French Grand Prix	Paul Ricard	Jun 26-28	Forum
2	Austrian Grand Prix	Red Bull Ring	Jul 3-5	Forum
3	British Grand Prix	Silverstone	Jul 17-19	Forum
4	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring	Jul 31-Aug 2	Forum
5	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	Aug 28-30	Forum
6	Italian Grand Prix	Monza	Sep 4-6	Forum
7	Singapore Grand Prix	Singapore	Sep 18-20	Forum
8	Russian Grand Prix	Sochi Autodrom	Sep 25-27	Forum
9	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka	Oct 9-11	Forum
10	United States Grand Prix	Circuit of the Americas	Oct 23-25	Forum
11	Mexican Grand Prix	Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez	Oct 30-Nov 1	Forum
12	Brazilian Grand Prix	Interlagos	Nov 13-15	Forum
15	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Yas Marina	Nov 27-29	Forum

The following races have been cancelled and not yet rescheduled due to the Covid-19 Coronavirus outbreak:

• Bahrain Grand Prix, Bahrain International Circuit, March 20th-22nd
• Vietnam Grand Prix, Hanoi, April 3rd-5th
• Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai International Circuit, April 17th-19th
• Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort, May 1st-3rd
• Spanish Grand Prix, Circuit de Catalunya, May 8th-10th
• Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Baku City Circuit, June 5th-7th
• Canadian Grand Prix, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, June 12th-14th

The following races have been cancelled and will not be rescheduled:

• Australian Grand Prix, Albert Park, Melbourne, March 13th-15th
• Monaco Grand Prix, Monaco, May 21st-24th

 

[F1Brits_90]

the Australian GP is news to me. i had heard they were still aiming for rescheduling it

 

[Speshal]

Belgium have said they are banning mass sporting gatherings until at least August 31st, so you can scratch Spa from the list ...

 

[olegg]

Belgium have said they are banning mass sporting gatherings until at least August 31st, so you can scratch Spa from the list ...

Perhaps they are referring to a race without spectators

 

[olegg]

Should Formula 1 hold races behind closed doors?

 

[F1Brits_90]

here a thing that Ive literraly just thought of, you know how in my opinion I think that any world championship won this year if it is 8-12 races will be hollow victory because I feel it would always be asterisked. so would this be the best year to do all the ideas liberty media have brought forward. trying a more F2 idea with 2 shorter races, reverse grid race or qualifying races

 

[FB]

8 to 12 races were the norm in the 50's and in to the 60's. In the 70's and 80's 15 races a season was common and no one suggested that the Champions in any of those season victories were hollow or undervalued. We have the number of races we have now simply to make more money for the media companies, it doesn't make either championship any more or less valuable than in previous seasons.

I would suggest that both championships have been devalued over the last 20 years with too many races, little competition and awarding an inflated number of points and giving them to too many drivers.

The 2020 season will be what it will be. Let's not try and over think it, after all there have been F1 seasons where the drivers who should have takem the title have died, or been so serioulsy injured that they couldn't complete the season, yet we happily accept the winners who came through.

 

[F1Brits_90]

8 to 12 races were the norm in the 50's and in to the 60's. In the 70's and 80's 15 races a season was common and no one suggested that the Champions in any of those season victories were hollow or undervalued

as i said above, thats because as you say they was 8 - 12 races every year. so makes it of equal value. you cant go 20, 21, 9, 19, 20. say that middle one is worth the same. its a sprint not the marathon

 

[F1Brits_90]

how come FB you are making out this is a new thing. im not devaluing this. if we had continued to have 8 races a season then it would be fine.no every season then had similar amount of races. you cant have for 16yrs prior & 16+ after at 18-21 & say 9 is same value. the champ run in is 8 races in a normal yr from monza to abu Abu Dhabi . theyve been going 6 months at that point

but people have been detracting as long as F1 has been around. the stories ive heard very publicly

nico rosberg won because hamilton had an off year & Mercedes had no competition

his dad only won 1 race all season

Button only won because of double diffuser

Schumacher won because the Ferrari miles better than anyone & teammate wasnt allowed to challenge

Hakkinen won his 2nd because Schumacher was injured

Hill won because williams had no completions & beat a rookie

Schumacher car was illegal in 1994

Fangio because people gave there car up for him

 

[FB]

That was sort of my point F1Brits_90. Sorry if I came across as if I was having a go, there is always a reason to suggest a team and/or driver don't deserve a title. I have a feeling we won't see any races this season so we won't probably have to worry about it anyway.

 

[F1Brits_90]

very true FB . I think this is a mute point & might be a lost yr & if we do race it will be experimental races

but im not being horrible on it but i feel there would always be a asterisk on that title. just like if there was 2 or 3 test ashes series, 10 day tour de France, 15 game football season or Wimbledon men playing best of 3. it will always be there & whenever it is said. there will always be a but ......

 

[gethinceri]

Moot.

 

[olegg]

It's too early to say definitely that the season will not take place.
I don't understand too why, if the season takes place and consists of more than 8 races,
the champion will be "untrue"?
Everyone will be on an equal footing.
It is not the number of races that determines the Champions,
but the rules that apply to all participants

 

[F1Brits_90]

olegg the "champion" would be valid. but it just wouldn't feel the same. titles have the same relevance down the years because they were all of similar lengths in their era

cant go 21 8 21 also we are only just getting into the season by Canada & winning a title is a consistency in a marathon, the mental toil. you just cant have the same up & downs in 8 races because its over before its begun. Rosberg winning over 19 would've meant more than winning over 8.

 

[Titch]

I don’t care.

 

[olegg]

olegg the "champion" would be valid. but it just wouldn't feel the same. titles have the same relevance down the years because they were all of similar lengths in their era
cant go 21 8 21 also we are only just getting into the season by Canada & winning a title is a consistency in a marathon, the mental toil. you just cant have the same up & downs in 8 races because its over before its begun. Rosberg winning over 19 would've meant more than winning over 8.

And Keke Rosberg became the champion after winning just one race for the season with 15 races.
And Fangio became the champion when was 8 and 9 races for the season.
I.e. in your opinion they are less correct champions than Nico Rosberg?