sydude
05-23-2005, 01:09 PM
Finally. And hopefully next year they'll revert back to the old 12-lap system, which was infinitely better still.
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Planetf1.com
23/05/05
The FIA have confirmed that a new qualifying format will come into effect this weekend at the Nurburgring as F1 reverts back to a single session on Saturday in which drivers will have a one-lap run with race fuel on board.
In a statement released on Monday afternoon, the FIA confirmed that the unpopular aggregate system had been scrapped with immediate effect and said that the single-session qualifying hour will now be held between 1pm and 2pm on Saturday and that cars will run under the parc ferme conditions of 2004.
The running order will be a reversal the result of the previous race – so Kimi Raikkonen, for example, will be last on track this weekend for the European GP qualifying session after winning in Monaco.
The statement read:
'With the agreement of the competing teams and the Formula 1 Commission, the FIA World Motor Sport Council has changed Formula One qualifying, starting with the European Grand Prix this coming weekend. The new qualifying procedure will be:
- one qualifying session only from 13.00 to 14.00 on Saturday;
- single lap qualifying with race fuel under parc fermé conditions (as 2004);
- running order to be reverse of finishing order of previous race (ie winner of last race goes last).'
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Planetf1.com
23/05/05
The FIA have confirmed that a new qualifying format will come into effect this weekend at the Nurburgring as F1 reverts back to a single session on Saturday in which drivers will have a one-lap run with race fuel on board.
In a statement released on Monday afternoon, the FIA confirmed that the unpopular aggregate system had been scrapped with immediate effect and said that the single-session qualifying hour will now be held between 1pm and 2pm on Saturday and that cars will run under the parc ferme conditions of 2004.
The running order will be a reversal the result of the previous race – so Kimi Raikkonen, for example, will be last on track this weekend for the European GP qualifying session after winning in Monaco.
The statement read:
'With the agreement of the competing teams and the Formula 1 Commission, the FIA World Motor Sport Council has changed Formula One qualifying, starting with the European Grand Prix this coming weekend. The new qualifying procedure will be:
- one qualifying session only from 13.00 to 14.00 on Saturday;
- single lap qualifying with race fuel under parc fermé conditions (as 2004);
- running order to be reverse of finishing order of previous race (ie winner of last race goes last).'