Qualifying in FD

[GreekDrifter]

yeah this is confusing. having seeded drivers or not having seeded drivers wont really change anything. cus then you would just have everybody being judged on friday which would practically give you almost the same running order on saturday cept rhys would probably have had to wait a lil longer to do his first run.

I believe this is the case also. But the absoluteness of seeded drivers is valuable. There are a few drivers that have gotten pretty big sponsorships and fail to qualify for the main event on Saturday. It gives the sponsor a bad taste in their mouth for the sport as a whole. Performance pays, so if you are good enough, it shouldn’t take long to get seeded right?

[Slapshotnerd]

But shouldn't that be the reason there shouldn't be a seeding? Sponsorship should be more than just the car being guaranteed in, it should be the sell-ability of the driver and car. The driver should be able to be the spokesperson of a the sponsor, the car should be media that the sponsor's logo is on. Performance on the track is important, but if you're guaranteed in, how does the sponsor know if they are getting the best of the business?

Seeding is done by the top 16 drivers in points. It has nothing to do with sponsorship or any of that. That's why Privateers like Kyle Mohan and Justin Pawlak were in the 'seeded' group in Atlanta, and why Rhys Millen had to qualify with the 'unseeded' drivers - because based on the season points up until that event, they had earned the privledge of being seeded.

[Hubert Young]

yeah this is confusing. having seeded drivers or not having seeded drivers wont really change anything. cus then you would just have everybody being judged on friday which would practically give you almost the same running order on saturday cept rhys would probably have had to wait a lil longer to do his first run.

Agree. It won't change anything but adding cost and time to run the events.

Seeding has been in sports for many many years. If you are good and consistent enough, you will be seeded.

A few drivers I have met before cried about not making the show after they spend whole bunch of money getting to the track. Please stop crying. Go practice to improve your skills, make the cut, and get seeded.

[ReDc0aT]

i dont care about the seeded situation.

what i wanna see is formula d step up and let the practice in open hot laps like D1. yay.

[Justin Banner]

Agree. It won't change anything but adding cost and time to run the events.

Seeding has been in sports for many many years. If you are good and consistent enough, you will be seeded.

A few drivers I have met before cried about not making the show after they spend whole bunch of money getting to the track. Please stop crying. Go practice to improve your skills, make the cut, and get seeded.

Money, yeah I don't have an idea about that. Time, is the only thing I can think of fixing by running on Friday but would cost more money. Eh, it was an idea.

[Bebop]

Justin

I've come to a conclusion

Your expecatations for drifting are rediculously too high... go to sleep, watch some IRL. Come back to drifting in about 10 or 15 years or so.

[Da Meanace]

Making all the drivers unseeded would be enticing for drivers and for fans alike.
Because at least they could say they were on an even playing field.
If more competitors arive to events then why couldn't there be a top 32 battle which Drift Australia has done.
The more drifters the better.

[Slapshotnerd]

Making all the drivers unseeded would be enticing for drivers and for fans alike.
Because at least they could say they were on an even playing field.
If more competitors arive to events then why couldn't there be a top 32 battle which Drift Australia has done.
The more drifters the better.

ProDrift Ireland does that too... and it takes nearly 2 hours just for the first round of tandem to run, and nearly 4 hours from start to finish. 3 hours if you don't have many one-more-times. That's way way way too long.

The level playing field is that anyone who has an FD license has an equal chance to qualify, first for top 32 if they are unseeded, and again for top 16 to enter tandems. This year, Takatori, Pat Mordaunt, Justin Pawlak, and Kyle Mohan all made top 16 from an unseeded position. Every single event I've been to in the last 5 years has had drivers from the 'unseeded" list make top 16.

Everyone is given an equal number of qualifying runs, and an equal opportunity to make it to the 'show'. I think drifting is one of the fairest sports when it comes to providing opportunity for the unsponsored drivers to take out the top dogs.