Quote Originally Posted by f1.com
Proposal 1:
- 60-minute session, split into two 25-minute ‘halves’ with a 10-minute break.
- drivers may run as many laps as they wish, but must set a time in each half.
- each driver’s best times from the first half is added to his best time from the second half to produce a final time to determine the grid.
- no fuel restrictions - cars may refuel during and after the session.
Quote Originally Posted by f1.com
Proposal 2:
- 60-minute session.
- after 15 minutes, the five slowest cars must retire from the session and will qualify 16th to 20th on the grid.
- after a further 15 minutes, the five cars slowest during that period (times cannot be carried over from the first 15 minutes) must also retire from the session. They will qualify 11th to 15th on the grid.
- for the final 30 minutes the remaining 10 cars will compete for first to tenth place on the grid, based on the best times set in that period (times cannot be carried over from the first 30 minutes).
- drivers may run as many laps as they wish in each period.
- no fuel restrictions - cars may refuel during and after the session.
Who's got some ideas and opinions on these. They are asking for votes at f1.com so I'd like some discussion to see if we can find some pros and cons before I vote.

The second one looks kinda cool, can anyone think of any reasons that might make it sucky? I dont like that it has no fuel restrictions, and I think that this extra strain on the engines should warrant a less restrictive (ie 2 race) engine rule.