Formula 1 drivers will have to use specific tyre compounds at different stages of the qualifying session in a special trial of a new format in the 2023 Formula 1 season.
This change to next year’s rules is explained in the updated sporting regulations released for the current championship, which has recently been presented by the FIA. The F1 Commission meet this week in London and agreed to test a reduction in the total number of tyre sets allowed for a race weekend from 13 to 11. This format will be used at two events during the 2023 season in what will be known as ‘Revised Qualifying Format’.
Teams and drivers will be allowed to use half as many soft compound tyres for these events as usual – four instead of eight. At the same time the allocations of medium and hard tyres will increase by one each, to four and three respectively, while drivers will have to run one of each of these compounds during the regular, three-stage qualifying session.
Each driver will only be permitted to run on the hardest compound of dry tyres in Q1. The medium compound will be mandatory in Q2 and those who reach Q3 may only use the soft tyres.
In an official statement released after the F1 Commission meeting earlier this week, the FIA noted that a test run of reduced tyre compounds at two race weekends in the 2023 season would be made in order “to evaluate the impact of the reduction in tyre allocation on track-running, with the overall intention to move to more sustainable use of tyres in the future.” – the FIA informed.
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Other rules changes approved for the current F1 championship are include scrapping the maximum number of tyre testing days of 30 permitted in the season, as well as clarifications over the use of so-called ‘mule cars’ and what the FIA will recognise as ‘genuine car damage’ sustained in crashes for rules purposes.
The Commission also evaluated the possibility of increasing the number of sprint races to six next year. While the teams agree to this idea, the FIA has not yet granted its approval for the new plan. The first edition of the 2023 Formula 1 sporting regulations has not yet been published.
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