Sporting Regulations

December 27th, 2007

2008 Formula 1 Sporting Regulations - Qualifying

There have been many rumours circulating around Formula 1 websites and blogs about the planned changes to the qualifying format for the 2008 season.

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Now the 2008 F1 Sporting Regulations have been made available by FIA, so let’s have a look at the articles that affect the qualifying:

First the qualifying format itself (Article 33, page 18):

The qualifying practice session will take place on the day before the race from 14.00 to 15.00.

Not much change here, we still talk about Saturday 2pm to 3pm. But does this mean that in Singapore we will have day time qualifying and night time race (confirmed to start at 8pm) or will there be special provision made for Singapore qualifying ?

The session will be run as follows:

a) From 14.00 to 14.20 (Q1) all cars will be permitted on the track and at the end of this period the slowest seven cars will be prohibited from taking any further part in the session. Lap times achieved by the seventeen remaining cars will then be deleted.

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