So the new season has started with various changes including the qualifying procedure whereby part way through each phase of qualifying the slowest cars are eliminated in turn.
This means that as soon as a car looks like it's going to be eliminated they give up trying whereas before they would keep trying to the end of that session.
It reached extremes in Q3 when, with four minutes to go, the order for the top four was Hamilton, Vettel, Raikonnen and Rosberg. Vettel and Raikonnen didn't bother to go out any more and so gifted the second slot to Rosberg.
This procedure denies the fans of seeing cars on the track.
Interviewed after qualifying Hamilton said that the teams had told the FIA that the new procedure wouldn't work, let's hope the new system is scrubbed.
Vic.