Should Friday Testing be mandatory?

Wrex · 15 Apr 2003, 03:50 (Ref:569737)

'Flave' has suggested that Friday testing become mandatory for all teams. As far back as 2 years ago he wanted testing available on Thursday & Friday with Zero testing elswhere during the season.

While not a fan of Flave, I do like like what he's saying. The gap between the 'haves' and the 'have-nots' is ever increasing, and while this will never change, anything that slows the rate gets my vote.

If it becomes too difficult, smaller teams will disappear and new teams will shy away from the huge mountain in front of them.

Cutting costs in the order of the day, and with Ron & co *****ing about how much the removal of traction control will cost, surely limited testing would help him.

The teams are at the GP anyway, so if they had extra sessions on Thursday & Friday and 10 days during the season - surely they could get almost as much testing done (pleasing the manufactures) while capping the expense.

Add to this unlimitted testing from January to March, and this should not be an issue for anyone.

More cars on the track is better for the fans and decreased costs.

Why are'nt they doing this again?

View Poll Results: Should Friday Testing be mandatory?
No - Get rid of Friday testing and go back to last years format	0	0%
No - Leave it the way it is now (optional)	9	40.91%
Yes - I like it!	10	45.45%
Yes - But with the following changes........	3	13.64%
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