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This is an off season discussion about FP1 rookie running, I suddenly think of an issue about this rule.

Since there's a rule of mandatory FP1 running for rookie (each cars must give way 2 times for rookies in FP1). Teams usually give one of this opportunity to rookies at Abu Dhabi (or Qatar?), since rookies have less chance to crash there thanks to more run off.

However, Abu Dhabi is at risk of being cancelled this year due to war, so what if a team planned a rookie FP1 session at Abu Dhabi, but it's cancelled. So they didn't have enough mandatory FP1 running for rookie at the end. What will happen?

If they receive a sporting penalty, it's unfair since it's not their fault of having cancelled last race. But if they didn't receive a sporting penalty, they have gained sporting advantages by having 1 less rookie session for one of their driver which I'm sure other team will protest.

Is there extra things that have written regarding to this rule for clarification?

I know many players have suggested "Eidolons toggle" before, but it's just a "showcase friendly" feature, which means it's only nice-to-have.

However, today a HSR player proved that "Eidolons toggle" is absolutely essential for this game, especially for whales.

Full story:

Before today, the lowest AV Plight clear for Mono rem is 22 AV (48 costs).

However, today someone pull off a 17AV by using 47 costs team, which EXCLUDED E6 Evernight.

Why did this happen? E6 Evernight has too many stacks so Ever can't auto attack after Evernight use ult, resulting 1 less stack for Cyrene to use her ult, which eventually cause Castorice having 1 less dragon to deal damage. It changes everything.

Since we cannot turn off Eidolons, there is no way back. If you are also a Genshin player, you'll know Bennett C6 is a perfect example.

Now whales are not happy about this because it's simply "pay to lose". The developers have to do something to keep them happy.

Lewis has won by a margin of 19.561s in the Spanish Grand Prix.

Looking at historical data, this is the 7th biggest marginal for Ferrari in this century, or 2nd in this decade.

2000 Brazilian Grand Prix
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
Giancarlo Fisichella (Benetton) +39.898

2001 Malaysian Grand Prix
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari) +23.660

2001 Spanish Grand Prix
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
Juan Pablo Montoya (Williams) +40.738

2002 Spanish Grand Prix
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
Juan Pablo Montoya (Williams) +35.630

2008 Malaysian Grand Prix
Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari)
Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) +19.570

2022 Australian Grand Prix
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
Sergio Perez (Red Bull Racing) +20.524

2026 Spanish Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
George Russell (Mercedes) +19.561

If we include P2 is also Ferrari, winning against other teams by more or equal than 19.561s, there were 19 more races in this century, but only 5 after 2005 (when Ferrari wasn't dominant). Below I only show results 2005 or later.

2007 French Grand Prix

Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari)

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) +2.414

Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) +32.153

2007 Turkish Grand Prix

Felipe Massa (Ferrari)

Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) +2.275

Fernando Alonso (McLaren) +26.181

2007 Brazilian Grand Prix

Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari)

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) +1.493

Fernando Alonso (McLaren) +57.019

2008 French Grand Prix

Felipe Massa (Ferrari)

Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) +17.984

Jarno Trulli (Toyota) +28.250

2010 Bahrain Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) +16.099

Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) +23.182

So, if we only count this decade, it will still be the 2nd biggest winning margin for Ferrari by both definition.