F1 News: Martin Brundle Calls For Final Formula One Decision - "Fans Really Can't Be Bothered"

Multiple tyre formats in qualifying are hard to remember. Thus, it would be better to have rules that remain constant for all Grand Prix.

After another round of Alternative Tyre Allocation (ATA) trial during the qualifying in Monza, Sky Sports commentator and former F1 driver Martin Brundle has called for rules that remain constant throughout the season. He urged the F1 rule makers to bring about uniformity in the process. 

As opposed to the traditional 13 sets of tyres for qualifying, the number dropped down to 11 sets at Monza. Adding to the challenge, the teams also had to use specified tyre compounds for different qualifying sessions. The rules meant that teams had to opt for hard Pirelli compound tyres for Q1, the medium compound for Q2 and the soft compound for Q3. 

However, Brundle insisted that those teams not going beyond Q1 or Q2 would have to take an entirely different approach. He also added that the current ATA practice would encourage the teams to do fewer practice laps. 

The commentator would be fine with whatever rule the sport decides to implement. But what he does mind is the impermanent nature of the rules that is making it hard to remember the different tyre combinations. Calling for the rules to be made permanent, Brundle wrote on his Sky Sports column:

"This is two overall sets fewer than usual and also means just four sets of soft tyres instead of eight.

"It would be a dry weekend and so a true test, which went well enough. It does make the Friday practice running even more difficult to decipher, especially as those not expecting to get through Q1 or even Q2 to take a completely different approach to the practice sessions tyre-wise. And it will surely always promote fewer practice laps rather than more.

"I don't mind which way we go as long as a decision is made and we stick to it. We simply have too many tyre combinations for the various qualifying and race formats and many of us in the paddock struggle to remember them without reading up each time, and I suspect the fans really can't be bothered with it all either.

"The teams will adapt as required."

Brundle intends to simplify the tyre allocation through fixed rules to make life easier for him and many others on the paddock. The question is, how quickly would F1 step to un-complicate the process, if at all they intend to do so?