Formula 1: new pole, is already partly in Australia

The FIA officially confirms the new single-elimination format to define the deployment

The FIA ​​puts an end to the torment on new qualifications Formula 1. The new elimination format to define the deployment will be used throughout the first Grand Prix of 2016 in Australia. The decision was made by the World Council of Motorsport in Geneva. Due to some reservations about the timing, at first Ecclestone he had suggested the introduction of the new single from the GP of Spain, but then it was back to the original idea.

THE NEW FORMAT OF THE POLE

The new qualifying format is based on three mini-sessions: the Q1 will last 16 minutes, the slowest rider will be eliminated after the first 7 minutes and every 90 seconds will be eliminated other riders up to 16th position with 15 drivers who will go through to Q2. The Q2 will last 15 minutes and will follow the same procedure of Q1, with the first pilot cleared after six minutes. Q3 will enter the eight drivers. Q3, the final and decisive race for pole position, will last 14 minutes, the first driver eliminated will be slower after five minutes and we will proceed to the allocation of the one pilot pole remained after successive eliminations every 90 seconds (the last two riders will compete for the pole in a sort of final lasting one minute and a half).

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