Liberty Media created its model by investigating possible changes to the starting grid in the future. Among other things, the idea of placing two riders in one line and sealing the starting grid is being explored.
Last year, he announced that F1 is evaluating the possibility of changing the starting grid and will try to introduce it in the virtual world.
But instead of using cybersport, Simods at the international show Autosport told how the approach of Formula 1 should change: “We want to implement informed decisions. Over the years we have become accustomed to using a staggered starting grid at a distance of eight meters.
We wondered what would happen if we move the cars closer to each other and put them side by side. Not four or three, as before, but two in one row.
If you want to thoroughly check something like this and solve it as an ordinary physical problem, then you get a banal result - the cars start closer to each other and accelerate the same way, so they enter the first corner almost next to each other.
This is not what I want to know. I would like to know what will actually happen. We created a simulation using artificial intelligence and a real person."
Formula 1 has worked hard on the esports platform to create the official game. However, as Motorsport.com understands, it is not possible to simply use a computer game for research such as the reverse starting grid, as that would be unrealistic. The influence of turbulent air on the car, pursuing the opponent, is significantly leveled in the game F1 2018 in order to improve the playing qualities.
Symonds explained that the method used 19 cars, which are controlled by artificial intelligence, and one with a real person, when they start "50 races in two circles."
He noted: “This allowed us to statistically analyze every position of the car at any time. When we did it with the grill, we got 3% more accidents, 5% more overtaking and 20% more wheel-to-wheel wrestling.”
Symonds assured that F1 is trying to avoid repeating mistakes such as the unsuccessful change of qualification format at the beginning of 2016: "We want to get rid of the practice of those times and use a scientific approach."
