From a novices point of view do they try put you in with similar standard racers in qualifying. Just thinking that the slower drivers have the right to focus on their own laps too, and if they're having to get out of the way every minute to let someone pass then they're adding time onto their own laps, and wouldn't that possibly knock them down in their own final average?
Not saying that I think it should be up to the faster guys to get past without help, not sayinf that at all, in fact I probably agree with what your saying, just putting the other side and enquiring as to whether there's any pre-grading to ensure you dont get first timers in the same heat as Johnny 'the bullet' fastpants.