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Qualified

With regard to qualifying, did you ever think of taking into consideration the best time done in free practice with the compound you would like to use at the start? If yes.. why wouldn't it be a fairer and more realistic criterion? In my opinion, it would also solve the problem of those who accumulate design points, but doing so to have a better qualifying time would optimize the car and driver before doing free practice.....

Sorry I must be missing something in your suggestion.  Why would using practice times be more realistic and fairer?  Everyone practices at different times under different weather conditions and track temperatures so it would be completely unrealistic.  Qualifying is already determined by the tyre you wish to start with?

As for DP saving this is just an additional aspect of strategy that some choose to do and others don’t which has both pros and cons, but I doubt your suggestion would make any difference to whether someone choose to do it or not.

I admit that qualifying has a particular effect on some circuits but not on others and that the race pace can fix things.. 
For example, yesterday I started 14th in Australia but in the end (despite excellent managers) I managed to win the race.. But my suggestion would be right for this too.. those who manage to devote more time and perseverance to the game should be further rewarded, as in all things. If a manager becomes good in development, he will have an excellent race pace, but if a manager also manages to find the time and use Free Practice (Qualifying) as best he can, he would be good and consistent.. that would be another determining factor and detail to cure... 

Given that it is an idea that can have contrasting opinions.. it could be included as an option in the championship (USE FREE PRACTICE AS QUALIFYING) to be activated like the fuel or dual compound rule.. 

I repeat, these are just my personal opinions.. but maybe they can give rise to even better ideas to perfect and optimize some sides of the game that raise perplexities..

This could be an interesting idea 

I think that suggestion of Giosuè must be taken in consideration as a starting point that can be improved before added.


I undertstand your point of view Kevin, but there is also another point of view:
1) is driver error turned  off on qualify? (I really doubt about this...)
2)you have 23 hours for finding best weather possible, so.it means thar some drivers can be lucky and some other not. This can create a sort of random like in real f1, when if it is raining you have to find right moment for you lap before rain increase or when it stops
3) your approach is based that you are going to do this, but there are a lot of players that add points and make free practice after the race because it is the moment when they can in real life ( they are players of yoir point 4 ) while in this way you are obliged to add points before.  (I have never liked the sort of  auction  that appears  in some league and also i have never like strategy of noy add points for some races).
You have also to take in consideration that reasearch is going down with your level... there were anothe thread about this.

4) this way give advantage to players descrive by you in point 3. However they have only to do 1 free practice lap just in time before finishing free practice period.. considering that they are going to run... 
5) i think that one lap with Ss tyres is enough to hide tyre of first stint.. it is not so difficult
6) i don't understand what is complicated...actual situation is almost unknown for a lot of players...

If my suggestion can be taken into positive consideration.. you could also opt for an increase in free practice attempts and not just 5...

Please can you clarify why you believe using free practice to determine qualifying is both fairer and more realistic.  Reading through the thread I don’t see anything that actually addresses this specifically

If you carry out the free practice sessions with the driver at 100% health, the car update, repaired, the engine new and with the climatic conditions most similar to those you will have in the race... you will get the time that is closest to your maximum... if you try with the optimal conditions written above 2/3 times the same compound, you will see that the times will be different by very few thousandths.. which means that you are probably running at the maximum performance of your car.. what has been said is certainly more realistic and less casual than the current ones.

Thank you Giosue I appreciate your responses.  However, I do not believe this is the right approach and having unlimited or more practice laps is not something I would like to see added to the game.  

You are right though that this idea will have contrasting opinions and I’m sure others will make points that no one else has so far.  For me I like that free practice has the chance of driver errors and is just part of the puzzle for working out strategy (along with records of previous races at same track, same weather, same FE etc).  Finally free practice should be exactly that and not part of the qualification process.  Any changes should focus on just fixing the qualifying bugs.

Edit: for clarity posted from another of my accounts (Skid Solo)

Exactly what happens now would happen.. if you have set a wet strategy, but it stops, you start with wet tyres.. about new users.. they start behind the same even now.. simply because they don't have a competitive level...