The brand new format might be used for the primary time this weekend in Azerbaijan, the primary of the six dash weekends on the 2023 schedule, with the Austrian, Belgian, Qatar, USA and Sao Paulo occasions to comply with.
The modifications have been designed to create a standalone Saturday occasion that does not affect the grid for Sunday’s major race in an try to encourage drivers to push tougher, as a mistake might be more cost effective.
The revised weekend timetable additionally addresses the problem of the beforehand largely redundant Saturday FP2 session, which now not exists.
The foundations have been finalised throughout the April break after prolonged discussions by the group sporting administrators and the FIA within the Sporting Advisory Committee.
They have been accredited by a unanimous vote at at present’s assembly of the F1 Fee, previous to being formally handed by the World Motor Sport Council.
As anticipated, on Fridays FP1 might be adopted by race qualifying, with the grid for the primary occasion set until any further penalties should be utilized.
Mechanics on the grid previous to the beginning
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The Saturday dash shootout will comply with the identical three-part format as conventional qualifying, with the decreased session lengths now confirmed as 12 minutes for what might be often called SQ1, 10 minutes for SQ2, and eight minutes for SQ3.
The dash shootout units the grid for Saturday afternoon’s dash race.
Using tyres on a dash weekend was the topic of a lot dialogue on condition that solely 12 quite than 13 units can be found, and that the hour of FP2 operating has been changed by the shootout.
It has been determined that groups must use save three units of latest tyres to make use of throughout the three shootout periods, with mediums obligatory for each SQ1 and SQ2, and softs for SQ3.
The allocation of driving penalties was one other supply of debate given the try to make the dash day impartial of the grand prix. It has been agreed that any incurred within the dash and that’s not served in will probably be utilized to the primary race on Sunday.
The FIA has clarified the allocation of penalties as follows:
– A grid penalty incurred in Pi or Qualifying will apply to the Race.
– A grid penalty incurred within the Shootout will apply to the Dash.
– A grid penalty incurred within the Dash will apply to the Race.
– A breach of parc fermé will lead to a pitlane begin for the Dash and Race.
– PU penalties will solely apply to the Race (until they’re additionally a parc fermé breach).
As beforehand, gearbox and energy unit penalties incurred over the weekend might be saved for the grand prix.
The factors allocation for the dash stays unchanged, with the highest eight scoring on the premise of 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1.
A joint FIA/F1 assertion stated: “Following this profitable vote and subsequent approval by the World Motor Sport Council by e-vote, all stakeholders consider that this can increase the spectacle of Dash weekends and improve monitor motion for followers all over the world.
“Due to the shut working relationship between the FIA, FOM in addition to the game’s ten Method 1 groups, transferring the modifications from idea to regulation has been completed swiftly and positively.”