Updated regulations from the FIA show a slight qualifying format change this year.

Summary:

  • Q1 and Q2 eliminations: The six slowest cars (up from five) are now eliminated due to the expanded grid.
  • Q3 Duration: Extended from 12 to 13 minutes.
  • Break between Q2 and Q3: reduced from 8 to 7 minutes.
  • Monaco Grand Prix: The mandatory two-stop race rule introduced in 2025 has been scrapped as it failed to improve the spectacle of the race.
  • ninth_plane@lemmy.world
    5·
    12 days ago

    This is factually wrong because there are still 10 cars remaining in Q3, but I’d believe that it’s the reasoning in the FIA’s heads.

    • misery mansion@lemmy.world
      2·
      12 days ago

      Oh sorry you are right, I misunderstood this for the first session which will obviously have the extra 2. So yeah I don’t know!