Talk:Formula One

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Is COVID-19 section (as it currently exists) necessary/appropriate for this article?[edit]

The information detailed is all found (or at least should be found) on the 2020 article. I'm not sure how relevant it is to this broad overview article. Does anyone have any comments on this? 2A02:C7F:DC08:9000:183B:9A80:C175:A5D6 (talk) 19:41, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

why doesn't the lead go into more detail about the history of Grand Prix racing?[edit]

At the very least a mention of how the World Drivers' Championship was at the very least a successor to (if not a continuation of) the 1930s European Drivers' Championship; and the origin of Grand Prix motor racing with the 1906 French Grand Prix would seem in order. While reliable sources usually only stick to counting World Championship races for purely statistical purposes, it's rare to see them pretend that Grands Prix just suddenly sprang into existence in 1950.

A short sentence somewhere in the lead saying something like "Grand Prix motor racing can trace its history to the first decade of the 20th century, while the modern World Championship effectively replaced the 1930s European Drivers' Championship" would probably suffice.

The lead currently seems heavily slanted towards discussing the current state of the sport, often going into details which would likely be better covered elsewhere in the article. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 15:26, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

Qualifying Tyres[edit]

Here is what the article says:

"Each car taking part in Q3 receives an 'extra' set of the softest available tyre. This set has to be handed in after qualifying, but drivers knocked out in Q1 or Q2 can use this set for the race."

How can that be? The drivers knocked out in Q1 or Q2 don't take part in Q3; they don't get the extra tyres.

Also, the references to the formula1.com website, [57}, [58}, [59], don't say what they apparently used to say. The website has been updated.

Yanacochito (talk) 20:09, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

I believe everyone gets an extra set that can ONLY be used in Q3, if they make it. If they don't, they're free to use it during the race. If they do, the set must be used in Q3. Admanny (talk) 06:18, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
I was under the impression (don't ask me where I get the impression from) is that only drivers who take part in Q3 are given the tyres in the first place, and the tyres must be returned after the session as they are Q3 tyres.
SSSB (talk) 10:51, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments! After some internet searching, I found the following, which I think is the authoritative document, titled "2020 FORMULA ONE SPORTING REGULATIONS" https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/2020_formula_1_sporting_regulations_-_iss_8_-_2020-05-27_0.pdf . What I understand from it:
· Each car gets 13 sets of tyres for the race, 6 of which are returned after practice
· Of the 7 sets remaining, one is the Q3 soft compound tyre, one is the race specification medium tyre and one is the race specification hard tyre
· The cars that make it to Q3 have to return their Q3 soft compound tyre after Q3; the cars that don't make it to Q3 don't
So, it's not really like an extra set. It's more like the cars that don't make Q3 can use their Q3 tyres in the race.
Please check my source and my logic. If there is no disagreement, I will clarify the page that confused me. Yanacochito (talk) 12:53, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
That is also how I read that document
SSSB (talk) 13:23, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
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