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F1 okays new qualifying for 2016
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FORMULA One may have a new qualifying system for the upcoming season, with drivers being eliminated every few minutes.
Governing body FIA said the proposal was unanimously approved at a meeting between series stakeholders in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday.
The new system will be evaluated for introduction at the first grand prix of the year in Australia on March 20.
The F1 commission also approved “new measures designed to deliver a faster, more spectacular” F1 championship in 2017. New bodywork regulations have been adopted “to create more exciting cars”.
The F1 commission also confirmed the intention of introducing “some form of cockpit protection” next season.
The new system would have three separate sessions, like now, but instead of having the slowest drivers eliminated at the end, they would be dropped one by one every minute-and-a-half.
All cars would have seven minutes to set their times at the beginning of the session, and seven drivers would be eliminated.
Another seven drivers would be eliminated in the second session after having six minutes to set their times, and the final eight would advance. In the final session, drivers would have five minutes to set their times before the 90-second elimination begins, until two cars are left for the final minute-and-a-half duel.
Now, the slowest six cars are eliminated in each of the first two sessions, and the remaining 10 participate in a shootout for the pole position in the final session.
The stakeholders also adopted measures to improve racing and try to make F1 more attractive to fans and television audiences.
“New bodywork regulations have been adopted to create more exciting cars, delivering additional downforce to increase speeds and lower lap times,” a FIA statement said yesterday.
The changes still must be approved by the World Motor Sport Council.
The commission said “all stakeholders are working together” to improve cockpit protection for drivers beginning in 2017. It said the “Halo” concept was “currently the preferred option”, but others were still being evaluated, including a “transparent cockpit protection”.
“I just don’t like it,” Force India driver Nico Hulkenberg said. “Single-seat racing was always open and I’d like to see it remain open.”
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