Among the innovations included in the Formula 1 sporting regulations by the FIA World Motor Sport Council held in Paris yesterday, one concerns the qualifying format.
In two weekends of the 2023 F1 season, which have not been selected, each driver will have 11 sets of slick tires available (instead of the usual 13) and will have to return one at the end of the first free practice session and one after the second free practice session.
In these two weekends, Pirelli will supply each driver with 3 sets of hard tyres, 4 mediums and 4 softs. In the case of a dry qualifying session, the main novelty will be the obligation to use a compound that varies from session to session. In Q1 the drivers will have to use hard compounds, in Q2 the medium and in Q3 the soft, without limitations on the number of sets to be used in the session based on availability.
FIA, Liberty Media and Pirelli will analyze the feedback that will come from this format, evaluating the possibility of a wider use in the future, as it saves the number of sets of tires to be transported to circuits each race weekend.
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It is the same approach used for the sprint qualifying, which will not be run at the same time as the new format with compulsory compounds. One other key aspect is that among the approved series of changes to Formula 1’s sporting and technical rules at the meeting of the World Motor Sport Council yesterday there was no increase in the number of sprint races for the next season. A new meeting is scheduled for the Spielberg weekend next week.
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