Hello Carolynn, thank you for your reply, very helpful, it was just a thought when thinking about more than one entry.
I think that there should be a rethink on the practice and qualifying, you cannot have one rule for one (or a few) and another rule for the rest!
As Tomcat said, with the loss of the morning and long Thursday afternoon, the actual time available is even more important but with the weather, accidents and various other reasons for the practice to be delayed or cancelled, it makes qualifying more difficult, with less time on the track than before.
There is never an easy answer but there must be a better way, or commonsense, to benefit all competitors.