The FIA has officially confirmed changes to the qualifying format ahead of the 2014 Formula 1 season.
The tweaks were discussed and approved during winter testing in Bahrain at the last F1 Strategy Group meeting.
Concerns were previously raised over drivers sitting out of the top 10 shoot-out to save Pirelli rubber for the race on Sunday.
The changes have now been added to an updated version of the 2014 Sporting Regulations just two days before the opening qualifying session of the new season.
Now, every driver that makes it through to Q3 will have an extra set of option tyres to use. The number of tyre sets allocated to each driver for a race weekend has increased from 11 to 13 for this season, due to the new tweaks to qualifying and the extra set of prime tyres that must be used in the first 30 minutes of the opening practice session.
Previously, drivers would start the race on the set of tyres used to set their fastest lap in the final qualifying session. However, they will now start the race with the set of tyres used to set their quickest time in Q2.
Additionally, Q1 has been shortened from 20 to 18 minutes and Q3 has been extended from 10 to 12 minutes. This is to allow drivers to complete more running.
The changes to qualifying have been made to help boost the spectacle and encourage drivers to set a lap time instead of sitting in the pits. We will have to wait and see if the modifications make much of a difference.
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Concerns were previously raised over drivers sitting out of the top 10 shoot-out to save Pirelli rubber for the race on Sunday.
The changes have now been added to an updated version of the 2014 Sporting Regulations just two days before the opening qualifying session of the new season.
Now, every driver that makes it through to Q3 will have an extra set of option tyres to use. The number of tyre sets allocated to each driver for a race weekend has increased from 11 to 13 for this season, due to the new tweaks to qualifying and the extra set of prime tyres that must be used in the first 30 minutes of the opening practice session.
Previously, drivers would start the race on the set of tyres used to set their fastest lap in the final qualifying session. However, they will now start the race with the set of tyres used to set their quickest time in Q2.
Additionally, Q1 has been shortened from 20 to 18 minutes and Q3 has been extended from 10 to 12 minutes. This is to allow drivers to complete more running.
The changes to qualifying have been made to help boost the spectacle and encourage drivers to set a lap time instead of sitting in the pits. We will have to wait and see if the modifications make much of a difference.
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